Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Mendota Beach:
  • 43.086384, -89.475121
  • 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 Mendota Beach

• 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 Mendota Beach is near Columbia County and also Green 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 Green 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 Mendota Beach

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mendota Beach ...

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 northeast)
  • Catfish is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
• Cross Plains
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
• Darwin ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Darwin is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
• Elmside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Elmside is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
• Five Points
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Points is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Lakeview
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Maple Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
• Martinsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsville is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
• Oak Hall
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hall is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
• Pheasant Branch
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
• Pilgrim Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village

How Far From Mendota Beach 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 community such as Mendota Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mendota Beach 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 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'