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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 Moe Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moe Settlement and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Moe Settlement:
    • 43.598591, -89.699568
    • 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 Moe Settlement
  • 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Since Moe Settlement is near Adams County and also Sauk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Moe Settlement

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moe Settlement ...

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.

  • Big Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Spring is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Dell Prairie ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dell Prairie is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Prairie
  • Endeavor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Endeavor is located in Marquette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
  • Lake Wisconsin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
  • Moon Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
  • Plainville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Portage
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Portage is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
  • Reedsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
  • Rock Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Moe Settlement once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moe Settlement and extending to:

  • Portage, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moe Settlement to Portage, with an average speed<3> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Moe Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Moe Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Moe Settlement 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 Moe Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5986, Longitude: -89.6996       In this case, the coordinates for Moe Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.817 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.148 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.119 degrees.