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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 West Fort Dodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Fort Dodge 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 West Fort Dodge:
- 42.481081, -94.211351
- 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 West Fort Dodge
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since West Fort Dodge is near Calhoun County and also Humboldt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Humboldt 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 West Fort Dodge
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Fort Dodge ...
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.
- Badger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brushy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brushy is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Clare
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clare is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Coalville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coalville is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Judd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Judd is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judd
- Moorland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palm Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Palm Grove is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Shady Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Oak is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oak
How Far From West Fort Dodge 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 West Fort Dodge 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 West Fort Dodge once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Fort Dodge and extending to:
- Fort Dodge, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from West Fort Dodge to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 930 miles [1,496.7 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 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,035 miles [8,103 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 West Fort Dodge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- West Fort Dodge) 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 West Fort Dodge 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 West Fort Dodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4811, Longitude: -94.2114 In this case, the coordinates for West Fort Dodge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.924 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.548 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.763 degrees. |
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