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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 Old Niota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Niota 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 Old Niota:
- 40.613375, -91.302095
- 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 Old Niota
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Old Niota is near Lee County and also Des Moines County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Des Moines 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 Old Niota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Niota ...
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.
- Argyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bricker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bricker is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker
- Denmark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Disco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Disco is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Ferris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Iowa Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa Junction is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Junction
- Skunk River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Skunk River is located in Des Moines County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunk River
- Spring Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Grove is located in Des Moines County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Summitville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summitville is located in Lee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Yellow Banks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Banks is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
How Far From Old Niota to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Old Niota to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Niota and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Old Niota to Carthage, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,120 miles [11,458.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,007 miles [8,058 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Old Niota) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Old Niota 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 Old Niota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6134, Longitude: -91.3021 In this case, the coordinates for Old Niota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.717 degrees. |
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