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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 Arena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arena 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 Arena:
- 43.165235, -89.912513
- 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 Arena
- 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 Iowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
- Since Arena is near Dane County and also Sauk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk 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 Arena
Communities Also Named Arena ...
We found eight communities that are also named Arena.
Within Wisconsin, the name Arena is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Merced County
- This Arena is located in Merced County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the west of the Arena that is located in Iowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merced County community of Arena.
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Arena [Chaffee County].
- Cheyenne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Arena [Cheyenne County].
- New Mexico
- Luna County
- This Arena is located in Luna County and lies 1,234 miles [1,985.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Arena that is located in Iowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luna County community of Arena.
- New York
- Delaware County
- This Arena is located in Delaware County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the east of the Arena that is located in Iowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Arena.
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- This Arena is located in Burleigh County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arena that is located in Iowa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleigh County community of Arena.
- Ohio
- Paulding County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Arena [Paulding County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Arena lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arena that is located in Iowa County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arena ...
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.
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Hawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Blue Mounds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Coon Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coon Rock is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Rock
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Norway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Norway is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
- Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Vermont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vermont is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Wyoming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
How Far From Arena 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 village such as Arena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arena and extending to:
- Dodgeville, which is the Seat of Iowa County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arena to Dodgeville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Arena 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. |
| <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 Arena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Arena 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 Arena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1652, Longitude: -89.9125 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.965 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.256 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.352 degrees. |
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