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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 Scales Mound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scales Mound 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 Scales Mound:
- 42.477516, -90.251094
- 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 Scales Mound
- 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 Scales Mound is near Lafayette County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Scales Mound
Curious and Interesting Names Near Scales Mound ...
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.
- Council Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Council Hill is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
- Cuba City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Elizabeth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Galena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Galena Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Gears Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gears Ferry is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gears Ferry
- Hazel Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Jenkinsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkinsville is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville
- Lead Mine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lead Mine is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
- Meekers Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Meekers Grove is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meekers Grove
- New Diggings
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County (WI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Portage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Rice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rice is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Sweet Home ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sweet Home is located in Jo Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
How Far From Scales Mound 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 village such as Scales Mound to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Scales Mound and extending to:
- Galena, which is the Seat of Jo Daviess County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scales Mound to Galena, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the south (S). 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 733 miles [1,179.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,992 miles [11,252.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,882 miles [7,856.8 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 '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- Scales Mound) 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 Scales Mound 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 Scales Mound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4775, Longitude: -90.2511 In this case, the coordinates for Scales Mound have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.194 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.422 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.715 degrees. |
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