Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Williamson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williamson and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Williamson
- 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 Williamson:
- 41.088222, -93.256704
- 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 Williamson
- 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 Lucas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lucas County
- Since Williamson is near Marion County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Williamson ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Williamson.
There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Williamson.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Adams County
- This Williamson is located in Adams County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Williamson.
- Adams County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This Williamson is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Williamson.
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- This Williamson is located in Sevier County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the south of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Williamson.
- Georgia
- Pike County
- This Williamson is located in Pike County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the southeast of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Williamson.
- Illinois
- Madison County
- This Williamson is located in Madison County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Williamson.
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Williamson [Saint Landry Parish].
- Michigan
- Manistee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Williamson [Manistee County].
- New York
- Wayne County
- This Williamson is located in Wayne County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Williamson.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Williamson [Delaware County].
- Franklin County
- This Williamson is located in Franklin County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the east of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Williamson.
- Texas
- Travis County
- This Williamson is located in Travis County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Williamson.
- West Virginia
- Mingo County
- This Williamson is located in Mingo County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Williamson that is located in Lucas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of Williamson.
- Arizona
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamson ...
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.
- Bethelhem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Cloud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Confidence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
- Confidence is located in Wayne County
- Derby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Monroe County
- Indiana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana
- Indiana is located in Marion County
- Jay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Last Chance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Last Chance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Last Chance is located in Lucas County
- Liberty Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Liberty Center is located in Warren County
- Lucas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Marysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Marysville is located in Marion County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Purdy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Zero
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Williamson 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 city such as Williamson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Williamson and extending to:
- Chariton, which is the Seat of Lucas County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Williamson to Des Moines, with an average speed<5> 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.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 869 miles [1,398.5 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 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Williamson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Williamson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0882, Longitude: -93.2567 In this case, the coordinates for Williamson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Williamson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Williamson 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. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Williamson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.219 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.554 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.586 degrees. |