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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 Clyman Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clyman Junction and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clyman Junction:
    • 43.325274, -88.717881
    • 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 Clyman Junction
  • 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 Dodge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
    • Since Clyman Junction is near Jefferson County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Clyman Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clyman Junction ...

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.

  • Beaver Dam
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
  • Danville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Danville is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Ebenezer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ebenezer is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Iron Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Iron Ridge is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
  • Juneau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Juneau is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
  • Minnesota Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Richwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Richwood is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Rolling Prairie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rolling Prairie is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Prairie
  • Sugar Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugar Island is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island

How Far From Clyman Junction 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 Clyman Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Clyman Junction and extending to:

  • Juneau, which is the Seat of Dodge County, lies just to the North.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Clyman Junction to Madison, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 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 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,895 miles [11,096.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clyman Junction) 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 Clyman Junction 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 Clyman Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3253, Longitude: -88.7179       In this case, the coordinates for Clyman Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.151 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.351 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.691 degrees.