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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 Teeds Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Teeds Grove 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 Teeds Grove:
- 42.011812, -90.247640
- 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 Teeds Grove
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Teeds Grove is near Jackson County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Teeds Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Teeds Grove ...
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.
- Arnold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Charlotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elk River Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elk River Junction is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Goose Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Lake is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Green Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Green Island is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Hickory Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Oklahoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Oklahoma is located in Whiteside County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Oklahoma
- Lyons
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lyons is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Marcus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Miles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockaway ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockaway is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway
- Sixmile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tenmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twin Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Wacker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Teeds Grove to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Teeds Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Teeds Grove and extending to:
- Clinton, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Teeds Grove to Clinton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,270 miles [10,090.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,014 miles [11,287.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,903 miles [7,890.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Teeds Grove) 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 Teeds Grove 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 Teeds Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0118, Longitude: -90.2476 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.188 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.351 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.838 degrees. |
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