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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 Amery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amery 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 Amery:
- 45.306948, -92.362132
- 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 Amery
- 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Amery is near Saint Croix County and also Barron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Croix County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barron 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 Amery
Communities Also Named Amery ...
We found one communities that are also named Amery.
Within Wisconsin, the name Amery is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Amery in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- This Amery lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the north of the Amery that is located in Polk County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Amery ...
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.
- Clear Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cylon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Fox Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fox Creek is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
- Horse Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Joel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Joel is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Falls is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Range
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Range is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Sand Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lake
- Star Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Turtle Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Amery 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 city such as Amery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Amery and extending to:
- Balsam Lake, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Amery to Balsam Lake, 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.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 899 miles [1,446.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Amery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Amery 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 Amery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3069, Longitude: -92.3621 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.656 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.058 degrees. |
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