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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 Wassonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wassonville 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 Wassonville:
- 41.491680, -91.879340
- 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 Wassonville
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Wassonville is near Iowa County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Wassonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wassonville ...
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.
- Amish
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amish is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish
- Aurora
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aurora is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Frytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frytown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frytown
- Grace Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grace Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Hill
- Green Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Center is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Harper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Keokuk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Homestead
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Iowa Junction ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Iowa Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- River Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- River Junction is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
How Far From Wassonville 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 community such as Wassonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Wassonville once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wassonville and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wassonville to Washington, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west (W). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 802 miles [1,290.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,099 miles [11,424.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,990 miles [8,030.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Wassonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wassonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wassonville 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 Wassonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4917, Longitude: -91.8793 In this case, the coordinates for Wassonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.288 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.539 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.794 degrees. |
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