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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 Johnstown Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnstown Center 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 Johnstown Center:
- 42.695946, -88.841471
- 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 Johnstown Center
- 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 Rock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock County
- Since Johnstown Center is near Walworth County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth 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 Johnstown Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnstown Center ...
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.
- Charlie Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Charlie Bluff is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie Bluff
- Cold Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Emerald Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foxhollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Foxhollow is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
- Garden Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Village is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Heart Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Holiday Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Indian Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Heights is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Indianford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Inlet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Inlet is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Janesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake Lawn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Lawn is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lawn
- Maple Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Beach is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Porters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Porters is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Tiffany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vinnie Ha Ha
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vinnie Ha Ha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie Ha Ha
How Far From Johnstown Center 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 Johnstown Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Johnstown Center and extending to:
- Janesville, which is the Seat of Rock County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Johnstown Center to Janesville, 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 38 miles [61.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,817 miles [7,752.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnstown Center) 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 Johnstown Center 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 Johnstown Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6959, Longitude: -88.8415 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.24 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.364 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.937 degrees. |
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