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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sutherland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutherland and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Sutherland:
- 42.972831, -95.495035
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sutherland
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected O'Brien County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for O'Brien County
- Since Sutherland is near Cherokee County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Sutherland
Communities Also Named Sutherland ...
We found sixteen communities that are also named Sutherland.
Within Iowa, the name Sutherland is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sutherland [Hillsborough County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- This Sutherland is located in Daviess County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Sutherland.
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Sutherland is located in Johnson County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Sutherland.
- Montana
- Prairie County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Sutherland [Prairie County].
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- This Sutherland is located in Lincoln County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Sutherland.
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- This Sutherland is located in Ashe County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Sutherland.
- Ohio
- Trumbull County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Sutherland.
- Ontario
- This Sutherland lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the east of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Sutherland lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- Tennessee
- Johnson County
- This Sutherland is located in Johnson County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Sutherland.
- Utah
- Millard County
- This Sutherland is located in Millard County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<2> to the west of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Millard County community of Sutherland.
- Virginia
- Dinwiddie County
- This Sutherland is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Sutherland.
- Wise County
- This Sutherland is located in Wise County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the east southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Sutherland.
- Wythe County
- This Sutherland is located in Wythe County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the east southeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wythe County community of Sutherland.
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sutherland [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
- Bayfield County
- This Sutherland is located in Bayfield County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sutherland that is located in O'Brien County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Sutherland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutherland ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Archer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mapleside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mapleside is located in O'Brien County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleside
- Marcus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mary Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mary Hill is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Hill
- Rembrandt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Royal
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Sutherland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sutherland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sutherland and extending to:
- Primghar, which is the Seat of O'Brien County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sutherland to Primghar, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,061 miles [8,144.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sutherland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sutherland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sutherland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sutherland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sutherland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9728, Longitude: -95.4950 In this case, the coordinates for Sutherland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.842 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.664 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.332 degrees. |
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