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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 Keyesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keyesville 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 Keyesville:
    • 43.339707, -90.218736
    • 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 Keyesville
  • 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Since Keyesville is near Sauk County and also Iowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa 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 Keyesville

Communities Also Named Keyesville ...

We found two communities that are also named Keyesville.

Within Wisconsin, the name Keyesville is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Keyesville is located in Kern County and lies 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km]<1> to the west of the Keyesville that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Keyesville.
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee 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 Kansas community of Keyesville [Pawnee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Keyesville ...

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.

  • Bear Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Valley is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Gotham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gotham is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Hill Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill Point is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Point
  • Ithaca
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ithaca is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Lime Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Lone Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Rock is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Neptune
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Neptune is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Plain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plain is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
  • Rockbridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
  • Twin Bluffs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs

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

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

  • Richland Center, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the West.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Keyesville to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 750 miles [1,207 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 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,843 miles [7,794.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keyesville) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Keyesville 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 Keyesville 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 Keyesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3397, Longitude: -90.2187       In this case, the coordinates for Keyesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.174 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.518 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.462 degrees.