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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 Genesee Depot, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Genesee Depot 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 Genesee Depot:
- 42.966568, -88.371207
- 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 Genesee Depot
- 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 Waukesha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waukesha County
- Since Genesee Depot is near Racine County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Racine 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 Genesee Depot
Curious and Interesting Names Near Genesee Depot ...
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.
- Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hartland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartland is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,338 people
- Heath Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Heath Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Mills
- Little Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potter Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Potter Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Lake
- Prospect
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Slabtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Slabtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Summit Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Summit Corners is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Corners
How Far From Genesee Depot 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 Genesee Depot to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Genesee Depot and extending to:
- Waukesha, which is the Seat of Waukesha County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Genesee Depot to Madison, with an average speed<2> 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,899 miles [11,102.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 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- Genesee Depot) 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 Genesee Depot 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 Genesee Depot. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9666, Longitude: -88.3712 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.921 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.038 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.619 degrees. |
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