Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Dubuque, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Dubuque and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Dubuque

• 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 East Dubuque:
  • 42.491804, -90.643231
  • 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 East Dubuque

• 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 Jo Daviess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess County
  • Since East Dubuque is near Dubuque County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dubuque County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 East Dubuque

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Dubuque ...

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
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cathedral Square is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral Square
• Eagle Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Point is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
• Fair Play
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fair Play is located in Grant County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
• King
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • King is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
• Louisburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Louisburg is located in Grant County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisburg
• Prairie Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Prairie Corners is located in Grant County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Corners
• Rockdale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockdale is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rockdale
  • From East Dubuque to Rockdale
• Rose
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
• Sageville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sageville is located in Dubuque County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
• Sandy Hook
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandy Hook is located in Grant County (WI)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook

How Far From East Dubuque 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 East Dubuque to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Dubuque and extending to:

• Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Dubuque to Galena, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 194 miles [312.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 753 miles [1,211.8 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 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'