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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 New Miner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Miner 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 New Miner:
- 44.169672, -90.036144
- 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 New Miner
- 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 New Miner is near Adams County and also Wood 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 Wood 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 New Miner
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Miner ...
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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cottonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
- Friendship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Kelly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Lone Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Meadow Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
- Strongs Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wisconsin Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
How Far From New Miner 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 New Miner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Miner and extending to:
- Mauston, which is the Seat of Juneau County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from New Miner to Mauston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 82 miles [132 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 762 miles [1,226.3 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 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,800 miles [7,724.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- New Miner) 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 New Miner 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 New Miner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1697, Longitude: -90.0361 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.043 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.485 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.131 degrees. |
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