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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 Blanchardville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville:
- 42.809332, -89.861667
- 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 Blanchardville
- 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 Lafayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Since Blanchardville is near Iowa County and also Green County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green 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 Blanchardville
Communities Also Named Blanchardville ...
We found one communities that are also named Blanchardville.
Within Wisconsin, the name Blanchardville is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Blanchardville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Blanchardville is located in Hampden County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east of the Blanchardville that is located in Lafayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Blanchardville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blanchardville ...
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.
- Argyle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Blue Mounds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Forward
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Forward is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Hollandale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Little Norway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Norway is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
- Moscow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Horeb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Postville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Postville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postville
- Red Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Rock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Schultz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schultz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
- Yellowstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
How Far From Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blanchardville and extending to:
- Darlington, which is the Seat of Lafayette County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blanchardville to Darlington, with an average speed<2> 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 four to five hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 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 41 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,962 miles [11,204.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,852 miles [7,808.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Blanchardville) 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 Blanchardville 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 Blanchardville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8093, Longitude: -89.8617 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.931 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.167 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.425 degrees. |
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