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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 Zwingle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zwingle 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 Zwingle:
- 42.297967, -90.687712
- 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 Zwingle
- 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 Dubuque County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dubuque County
- Since Zwingle is near Jackson County and also Jones County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones 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 Zwingle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zwingle ...
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.
- Cathedral Square
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cathedral Square is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral Square
- Cottonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crab Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Town
- Galena Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garry Owen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gears Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gears Ferry is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gears Ferry
- Ironhills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- King
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Otter Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Otter Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Dubuque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Portage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Rockdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Zwingle 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 Zwingle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Zwingle and extending to:
- Dubuque, which is the Seat of Dubuque County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Zwingle to Dubuque, with an average speed<2> 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 four to five hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Zwingle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Zwingle 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 Zwingle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2980, Longitude: -90.6877 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.49 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.735 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.986 degrees. |
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