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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 Mallwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mallwood 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 Mallwood:
- 42.836673, -89.004278
- 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 Mallwood
- 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 Rock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rock County
- Since Mallwood is near Dane County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Mallwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mallwood ...
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.
- Charlie Bluff
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charlie Bluff is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie Bluff
- Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highwood is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Hillside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hillside is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Indian Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Heights is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Indianford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Maple Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maple Beach is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Vinnie Ha Ha
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vinnie Ha Ha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie Ha Ha
How Far From Mallwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mallwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mallwood and extending to:
- Janesville, which is the Seat of Rock County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mallwood to Janesville, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 680 miles [1,094.4 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 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 6,185 miles [9,953.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mallwood) 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 Mallwood 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 Mallwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8367, Longitude: -89.0043 In this case, the coordinates for Mallwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.349 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.508 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.979 degrees. |
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