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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 Barre Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barre Mills 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 Barre Mills:
- 43.841316, -91.112940
- 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 Barre Mills
- 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 La Crosse County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for La Crosse County
- Since Barre Mills is near Vernon County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Barre Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barre Mills ...
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.
- Burns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burns is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Cold Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Coon Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- French Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grand Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holiday Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Holiday Heights is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- La Crosse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- River Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- River Junction is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Barre Mills 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 community such as Barre Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Barre Mills and extending to:
- La Crosse, which is the Seat of La Crosse County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Barre Mills to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,855 miles [7,813.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barre Mills) 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 Barre Mills 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 Barre Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8413, Longitude: -91.1129 In this case, the coordinates for Barre Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.789 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.288 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.792 degrees. |
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