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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 Hixton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hixton 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 Hixton:
- 44.386014, -91.014243
- 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 Hixton
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Hixton is near Trempealeau County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trempealeau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Hixton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hixton ...
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.
- Blair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blair is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
- Coral City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Coral City is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral City
- Disco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Disco is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hay Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pigeon Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasantville is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Price
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Price is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Shamrock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Hixton 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 village such as Hixton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hixton and extending to:
- Black River Falls, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hixton to Black River Falls, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 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 from Point A (ie- Hixton) 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 Hixton 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 Hixton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3860, Longitude: -91.0142 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.718 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.588 degrees. |
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