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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 Valeria, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valeria 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 Valeria:
- 41.729790, -93.325565
- 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 Valeria
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Valeria is near Polk County and also Story County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Story 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 Valeria
Communities Also Named Valeria ...
We found one communities that are also named Valeria.
Within Iowa, the name Valeria is unique.
Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named Valeria in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Wolfe County
- This Valeria is located in Wolfe County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Valeria that is located in Jasper County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wolfe County community of Valeria.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valeria ...
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.
- Clyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Elkhart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Green Castle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Castle is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle
- Ira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ira is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Ivy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ivy is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mingo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairiebell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Prairiebell is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairiebell
How Far From Valeria 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 Valeria to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valeria and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Valeria to Newton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 878 miles [1,413 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Valeria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Valeria 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 Valeria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7298, Longitude: -93.3256 In this case, the coordinates for Valeria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.287 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.717 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.476 degrees. |
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