Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East Delavan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Delavan and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East Delavan

• 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 East Delavan:
  • 42.608905, -88.560656
  • 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 East Delavan

• 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 Walworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth County
  • Since East Delavan is near McHenry County and also Rock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for McHenry County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rock 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 East Delavan

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Delavan ...

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.

• Big Foot Prairie
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
• Bowers
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowers is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
• Elkhorn
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Elkhorn is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,020 people
• Harvard
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Harvard is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harvard <1>
• Heart Prairie
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Heart Prairie is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Prairie
• Hebron
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hebron is located in McHenry County (IL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <1>
• Inlet
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Inlet is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
• Lake Lawn
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Lawn is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lawn
• Lyons
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lyons is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
• Mayhews ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Mayhews is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews
• Shady Side ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Shady Side is located in Walworth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side

How Far From East Delavan 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 East Delavan to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Delavan and extending to:

• Elkhorn, which is the Seat of Walworth County, lies just to the North.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from East Delavan to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,180 miles [9,945.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'