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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 Galena Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Galena Junction 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 Galena Junction:
- 42.373788, -90.442980
- 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 Galena Junction
- 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 Galena Junction is near Jackson County and also Dubuque 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 Dubuque 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 Galena Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Galena Junction ...
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.
- Cottonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Council Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Elizabeth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fair Play
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Play is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Galena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gears Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gears Ferry is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gears Ferry
- Hazel Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- King is located in Dubuque County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- New Diggings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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- Pleasant Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Jackson County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Pleasant Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Portage
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Prairie Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie Corners is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Corners
- Rice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rice is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Scales Mound
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Galena Junction 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 community such as Galena Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Galena Junction and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Galena Junction to Springfield, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,259 miles [10,072.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,004 miles [11,271.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Galena Junction) 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 Galena Junction 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 Galena Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3738, Longitude: -90.4430 In this case, the coordinates for Galena Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.324 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.556 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.841 degrees. |
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