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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 Swea City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swea City 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 Swea City:
- 43.383300, -94.310919
- 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 Swea City
- 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 Kossuth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kossuth County
- Since Swea City is near Emmet County and also Faribault County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Emmet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Faribault 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 Swea City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swea City ...
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.
- Blue Earth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Earth is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,098 people
- Former name for Blue Earth:
- Blue Earth City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Earth <1>
- Ceylon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fairville is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- German Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- German Valley is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Valley
- Granada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lakota is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
- Lone Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Pilot Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilot Grove is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Grove
- Rake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
How Far From Swea City 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 Swea City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swea City and extending to:
- Algona, which is the Seat of Kossuth County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Swea City to Algona, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,093 miles [11,415.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,997 miles [8,041.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swea City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Swea City 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 Swea City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3833, Longitude: -94.3109 In this case, the coordinates for Swea City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.016 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.771 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.605 degrees. |
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