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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 Necedah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Necedah 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 Necedah:
- 44.026201, -90.073792
- 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 Necedah
- 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 Juneau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Juneau County
- Since Necedah is near Adams County and also Monroe 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 Monroe 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 Necedah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Necedah ...
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 Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cottonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cottonville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Hustler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Lone Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Meadow Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Orange Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Mill is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mill
- Strongs Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Necedah 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 village such as Necedah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Necedah and extending to:
- Mauston, which is the Seat of Juneau County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Necedah to Mauston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 760 miles [1,223.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Necedah) 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 Necedah 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 Necedah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0262, Longitude: -90.0738 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.071 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.192 degrees. |
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