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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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorns Faro Springs Beach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dorns Faro Springs Beach
- 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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach:
- 44.122488, -88.319273
- 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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach
- 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 Calumet County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet County
- Since Dorns Faro Springs Beach is near Winnebago County and also Outagamie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie 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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorns Faro Springs Beach ...
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.
- Brothertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Combined Locks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combined Locks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Forest Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Fox Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
- Gravesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gravesville is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- High Cliff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Cliff is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cliff
- Holland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holland is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Island Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Island Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Beach
- Little Chute
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Maple Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Heights is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Heights
- Potter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Rainbow Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rainbow Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Beach
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rockaway Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockaway Beach is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Sunrise Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Bay is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Bay
- Sunset Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunset Beach is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Whispering Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whispering Pines is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Dorns Faro Springs Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dorns Faro Springs Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dorns Faro Springs Beach and extending to:
- Chilton, which is the Seat of Calumet County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dorns Faro Springs Beach to Chilton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 685 miles [1,102.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dorns Faro Springs Beach) 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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach 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 Dorns Faro Springs Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1225, Longitude: -88.3193 In this case, the coordinates for Dorns Faro Springs Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.868 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.244 degrees. |
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