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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 Talmage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Talmage 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 Talmage:
- 41.026936, -94.111895
- 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 Talmage
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Talmage is near Clarke County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Talmage
Communities Also Named Talmage ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Talmage.
Within Iowa, the name Talmage is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Perry 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 Alabama community of Talmage [Perry County].
- California
- Mendocino County
- This Talmage is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km]<2> to the west of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Talmage.
- Idaho
- Caribou County
- This Talmage is located in Caribou County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of Talmage.
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- This Talmage is located in Dickinson County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Talmage.
- Kentucky
- Mercer County
- This Talmage is located in Mercer County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Talmage.
- Missouri
- Wright County
- This Talmage is located in Wright County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Talmage.
- Nebraska
- Otoe County
- This Talmage is located in Otoe County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otoe County community of Talmage.
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- This Talmage is located in Lancaster County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the east of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Talmage.
- Saskatchewan
- This Talmage lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- Texas
- Wilbarger 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 Texas community of Talmage [Wilbarger County].
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- This Talmage is located in Duchesne County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<2> to the west of the Talmage that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Talmage.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Talmage ...
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.
- Barney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barney
- Grand River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grand River is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Groveland ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Groveland is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Hopeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hopeville is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Leslie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Leslie is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Macksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Macksburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 122 people
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Murray is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
- Old Peru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Peru is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peru
- Tingley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Zion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Talmage to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Talmage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Talmage and extending to:
- Creston, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Talmage to Creston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 914 miles [1,470.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,455 miles [10,388.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,204 miles [11,593.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Talmage 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Talmage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Talmage 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 Talmage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0269, Longitude: -94.1119 In this case, the coordinates for Talmage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.806 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.221 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.035 degrees. |
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