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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 Mendota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mendota 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 Mendota:
- 43.141869, -89.392398
- 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
- 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 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 Mendota
Communities Also Named Mendota ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Mendota.
Within Wisconsin, the name Mendota is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno County
- This Mendota is located in Fresno County and lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<1> to the west of the Mendota that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Mendota.
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- This Mendota is located in La Salle County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the south of the Mendota that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Mendota.
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mendota [Appanoose County].
- Kansas
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mendota [Decatur County].
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mendota [Ellis County].
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mendota [Neosho County].
- Smith County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mendota [Smith County].
- Trego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mendota [Trego County].
- Minnesota
- Dakota County
- This Mendota is located in Dakota County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mendota that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Mendota.
- Missouri
- Putnam County
- This Mendota is located in Putnam County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mendota that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Mendota.
- Texas
- Hemphill County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mendota [Hemphill County].
- Virginia
- Washington County
- This Mendota is located in Washington County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<1> to the southeast of the Mendota that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mendota.
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mendota [Wetzel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mendota ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Catfish is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- DeForest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elmside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmside is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
- Maple Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Pheasant Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Pilgrim Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Raintree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Raintree is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Seminary Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Seminary Springs is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Springs
- Sunburst
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunburst is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
- Token Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Token Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Token Creek
How Far From Mendota 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 Mendota to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mendota and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies just to the South.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mendota to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mendota) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mendota, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Mendota could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mendota 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 Mendota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1419, Longitude: -89.3924 In this case, the coordinates for Mendota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.611 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.849 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.091 degrees. |
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