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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 Dyckesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dyckesville 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 Dyckesville:
- 44.642319, -87.762474
- 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 Dyckesville
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Dyckesville is near Kewaunee County and also Door County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Door 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 Dyckesville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dyckesville ...
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.
- Champion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Champion is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Chapel Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
- Edgewater Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Humboldt is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Red Banks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Banks is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Ryans Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
- Shoemaker Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shoemaker Point is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Point
- Sugar Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Dyckesville 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 Dyckesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Dyckesville and extending to:
- Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dyckesville to Green Bay, 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 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 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 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- Dyckesville) 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 Dyckesville 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 Dyckesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6423, Longitude: -87.7625 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.475 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.771 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.789 degrees. |
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