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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 Iona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iona 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 Iona:
- 32.681243, -97.554190
- 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 Iona
- 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 Parker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Parker County
- Since Iona is near Tarrant County and also Hood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hood 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 Iona
Communities Also Named Iona ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Iona.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Iona.
Beyond Texas, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Tarrant County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Iona [Tarrant County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Lee County
- This Iona is located in Lee County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Iona.
- Idaho
- Bonneville County
- This Iona is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Iona.
- Indiana
- Knox County
- This Iona is located in Knox County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Iona.
- Minnesota
- Murray County
- This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the north of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cape Girardeau County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Iona.
- Worth County
- Although located in Worth County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Iona.
- Montana
- Dawson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Iona [Dawson County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- This Iona is located in Gloucester County and lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Iona.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Iona lies 2,477 miles [3,986.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- Nova Scotia
- This Iona lies 2,141 miles [3,445.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Ashtabula County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Iona.
- Oklahoma
- Murray County
- This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
- Ontario
- This Iona lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- Pennsylvania
- Lebanon County
- This Iona is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,284 miles [2,066.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Iona.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Iona lies 2,051 miles [3,300.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- South Dakota
- Lyman County
- This Iona is located in Lyman County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<2> to the north of the Iona that is located in Parker County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyman County community of Iona.
- Washington
- Adams County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Iona [Adams County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iona ...
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.
- Boss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Boss is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss
- Center Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Dicey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dicey is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicey
- Edgecliff Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edgecliff Village is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecliff Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,012 people
- Lake Worth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plover
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plover is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Punkin Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Punkin Center is located in Parker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Tarrant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Willow Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Iona 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 Iona to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Iona and extending to:
- Weatherford, which is the Seat of Parker County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Iona to Weatherford, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,017 miles [11,292.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,753 miles [12,477.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,633 miles [9,065.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Iona 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Iona, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Iona 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 Iona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6812, Longitude: -97.5542 In this case, the coordinates for Iona have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.057 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.011 degrees. |
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