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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 White Lane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Lane 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 White Lane:
- 40.784969, -91.621783
- 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 White Lane
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since White Lane is near Henry County and also Van Buren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Buren 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 White Lane
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Lane ...
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.
- Big Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bonaparte
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Palestine ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Pierceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pierceville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Pilot Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plymouth is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
How Far From White Lane 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 White Lane 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 White Lane once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in White Lane and extending to:
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from White Lane to Des Moines, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,012 miles [8,066 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 White Lane, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Lane) 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 White Lane 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 White Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7850, Longitude: -91.6218 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.094 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.222 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.834 degrees. |
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