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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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake:
- 42.545295, -88.566489
- 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
- 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fontana-on-Geneva Lake ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Bowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bowers is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Elkhorn
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Hartland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hartland is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Harvard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hebron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inlet
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Inlet is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Lake Lawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Lawn is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lawn
- Lyons
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Shady Side ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Side is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
How Far From Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 village such as Fontana-on-Geneva Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 653 miles [1,050.9 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 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Fontana-on-Geneva Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake 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 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5453, Longitude: -88.5665 In this case, the coordinates for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.056 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.132 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.841 degrees. |
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