Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Walnut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walnut and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Walnut
- 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 Walnut:
- 41.488491, -95.220404
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Walnut
- 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 Pottawattamie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pottawattamie County
- Since Walnut is near Cass County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cass County
- eBird sighting report for Shelby 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Walnut ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Walnut.
Within Iowa, the name Walnut is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- This Walnut is located in Bureau County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Walnut.
- Tazewell County
- This Walnut is located in Tazewell County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Walnut.
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Butler 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 Kansas community of Walnut [Butler County].
- Crawford County
- This Walnut is located in Crawford County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<2> to the south of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Walnut.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Quitman County
- This Walnut is located in Quitman County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Walnut.
- Tippah County
- This Walnut is located in Tippah County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km] to the southeast of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippah County community of Walnut.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Walnut.
- Pickaway County
- This Walnut is located in Pickaway County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Walnut.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Walnut lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Walnut [Beaver County].
- Juniata County
- This Walnut is located in Juniata County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Walnut.
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Calhoun County
- This Walnut is located in Calhoun County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Walnut.
- Pocahontas County
- This Walnut is located in Pocahontas County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the east of the Walnut that is located in Pottawattamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Walnut.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walnut ...
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.
- Elk Horn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Horn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Horn
- Elk Horn is located in Shelby County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Horn <5>
- Grove City ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City
- Grove City is located in Cass County
- Indiantown ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indiantown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Indiantown is located in Cass County
- Lewis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Lewis is located in Cass County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <5>
- Poplar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Red Line
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Sycamore Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Village
- Sycamore Village is located in Cass County
- Yorkshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
How Far From Walnut 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 Walnut to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walnut and extending to:
- Council Bluffs, which is the Seat of Pottawattamie County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walnut to Council Bluffs, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,119 miles [8,238.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walnut. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pottawattamie County: www.pottcounty.com/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
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 Walnut 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walnut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4885, Longitude: -95.2204 In this case, the coordinates for Walnut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Walnut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Walnut to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.595 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.19 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.507 degrees. |