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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 La Farge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Farge 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 La Farge:
- 43.576153, -90.637628
- 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 La Farge
- 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 Vernon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- Since La Farge is near Richland County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 La Farge
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Farge ...
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.
- Avalanche
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Avalanche is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalanche
- Bloom City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dilly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dilly is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilly
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Readstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Sugar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Tunnelville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valley is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
How Far From La Farge 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 village such as La Farge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in La Farge and extending to:
- Viroqua, which is the Seat of Vernon County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from La Farge to Viroqua, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 775 miles [1,247.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- La Farge) 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 La Farge 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 La Farge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5762, Longitude: -90.6376 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.461 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.878 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.615 degrees. |
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