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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 Emerald Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emerald Grove 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 Emerald Grove:
- 42.656175, -88.880760
- 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 Emerald Grove
- 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 Rock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock County
- Since Emerald Grove is near Walworth County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Emerald Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Emerald Grove ...
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.
- Foxhollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Foxhollow is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
- Garden Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Holiday Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Janesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnstown Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Porters is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Tiffany
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Emerald Grove 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 Emerald Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Emerald Grove and extending to:
- Janesville, which is the Seat of Rock County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Emerald Grove 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 670 miles [1,078.3 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 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,821 miles [7,758.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emerald Grove) 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 Emerald Grove 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 Emerald Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6562, Longitude: -88.8808 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.267 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.968 degrees. |
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