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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 Johnson Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek:
- 43.075821, -88.774079
- 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 Johnson Creek
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Johnson Creek is near Dodge County and also Dane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dane 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 Johnson Creek
Communities Also Named Johnson Creek ...
We found two communities that are also named Johnson Creek.
Within Wisconsin, the name Johnson Creek is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Niagara County
- This Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the east of the Johnson Creek that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Johnson Creek.
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Johnson Creek [Patrick County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnson Creek ...
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.
- Breezy Knoll
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Breezy Knoll is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Knoll
- Cold Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Heath Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heath Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Mills
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Helenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hoopers Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hoopers Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Mill
- Lake Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- London is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Pipersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pipersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipersville
- Richwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Richwood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Slabtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
How Far From Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnson Creek and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Johnson Creek to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 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 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Johnson Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Johnson Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0758, Longitude: -88.7741 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.192 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.362 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.793 degrees. |
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