Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Kroghville:
  • 43.061666, -89.008166
  • 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 Kroghville

• 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 Kroghville is near Dane County and also Rock 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 Rock 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 Kroghville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kroghville ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Breezy Knoll is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Knoll
• Cottage Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
• Deansville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Deansville is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
• Door Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Door Creek is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
• Hillside
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hillside is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
• Hoopers Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hoopers Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Mill
• Lake Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
• London
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • London is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
• Marshall
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Marshall is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
• Pierceville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pierceville is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
• Rockdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rockdale is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people

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

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

• Jefferson, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kroghville to Jefferson, 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,918 miles [11,133.4 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>'