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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 Moquah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moquah 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 Moquah:
- 46.570108, -91.083277
- 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 Moquah
- 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 Bayfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bayfield County
- Since Moquah is near Ashland County and also Douglas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas 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 Moquah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moquah ...
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.
- Cornucopia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Delta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grand View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grand View is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
- Iron River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Iron River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Minersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Pike River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pike River is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike River
- Pureair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Topside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Topside is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
How Far From Moquah 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 Moquah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Moquah and extending to:
- Washburn, which is the Seat of Bayfield County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Moquah to Washburn, 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 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 885 miles [1,424.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 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- Moquah) 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 Moquah 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 Moquah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5701, Longitude: -91.0833 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.733 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.601 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.985 degrees. |
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