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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 Keyeser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keyeser 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 Keyeser:
- 43.296476, -89.255336
- 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 Keyeser
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Keyeser is near Dane County and also Dodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge 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 Keyeser
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keyeser ...
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.
- Catfish ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catfish is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- DeForest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Deansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deansville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
- Fall River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lowville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pebble Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pebble Valley is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Valley
- Pierceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raintree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Raintree is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Seminary Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Seminary Springs is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Springs
- Sunburst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunburst is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
- Token Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Token Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Token Creek
How Far From Keyeser to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Keyeser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Keyeser and extending to:
- Portage, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Keyeser to Portage, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 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 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,171 miles [9,931.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Keyeser) 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 Keyeser 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 Keyeser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2965, Longitude: -89.2553 In this case, the coordinates for Keyeser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.516 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.763 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.976 degrees. |
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