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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 Ourtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ourtown 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 Ourtown:
- 43.697016, -87.821865
- 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 Ourtown
- 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 Sheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheboygan County
- Since Ourtown is near Ozaukee County and also Manitowoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ozaukee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc 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 Ourtown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ourtown ...
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.
- Adell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Cascade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Haven is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- Howards Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Meadows is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- New Paris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Paris is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Waldo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Ourtown 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 Ourtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ourtown and extending to:
- Sheboygan, which is the Seat of Sheboygan County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ourtown to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 649 miles [1,044.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,734 miles [7,618.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ourtown) 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 Ourtown 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 Ourtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6970, Longitude: -87.8219 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.539 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.708 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.117 degrees. |
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