Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kingsley Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsley Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kingsley Corners

• 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 Kingsley Corners:
  • 43.177216, -89.496509
  • 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 Kingsley Corners

• 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 Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
  • Since Kingsley Corners is near Columbia County and also Sauk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk 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 Kingsley Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsley Corners ...

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
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Catfish is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
• Cross Plains
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
• Dane
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Dane is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
• Darwin ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Darwin is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
• DeForest
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Elmside
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elmside is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
• Lutheran Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lutheran Hill is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Hill
• Maple Bluff
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
• Martinsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Martinsville is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
• Pheasant Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
• Pilgrim Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kingsley Corners and extending to:

• Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsley Corners to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 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 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'