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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 Howards Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Howards Grove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Howards Grove:
    • 43.835567, -87.820364
    • 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 Howards 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 Sheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheboygan County
    • Since Howards Grove is near Manitowoc County and also Calumet County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet 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 Howards Grove

Communities Also Named Howards Grove ...

We found one communities that are also named Howards Grove.

Within Wisconsin, the name Howards Grove is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Howards Grove in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Howards Grove is located in Rockingham County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the east of the Howards Grove that is located in Sheboygan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Howards Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Howards 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.

How Far From Howards Grove 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 Howards Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Howards Grove and extending to:

  • Sheboygan, which is the Seat of Sheboygan County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Howards Grove to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,728 miles [7,609 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- Howards 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 Howards 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 Howards Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8356, Longitude: -87.8204    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.535 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.723 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.073 degrees.