Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Palmyra, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palmyra and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Palmyra
- 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 Palmyra:
- 42.878899, -88.588157
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Palmyra
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Palmyra is near Walworth County and also Waukesha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- eBird sighting report for Waukesha 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Palmyra ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Palmyra.
Within Wisconsin, the name Palmyra is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lowndes County
- This Palmyra is located in Lowndes County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the south of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Palmyra.
- Pike County
- This Palmyra is located in Pike County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the south of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Palmyra.
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Lee County
- This Palmyra is located in Lee County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the southwest of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Palmyra.
- Macoupin County
- This Palmyra is located in Macoupin County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km] to the south southwest of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Palmyra.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This Palmyra is located in Knox County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Palmyra.
- Portage County
- This Palmyra is located in Portage County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km] to the east southeast of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Palmyra.
- Ontario
- This Palmyra lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the east of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- Fluvanna County
- This Palmyra is located in Fluvanna County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Palmyra.
- Suffolk City
- This Palmyra is located in Suffolk City and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km] to the east southeast of the Palmyra that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Palmyra.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palmyra ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Eagle
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Eagle is located in Waukesha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,193 people
- Eagleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Eagleville is located in Waukesha County
- Heart Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heart Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Prairie
- Heart Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Heath Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heath Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Mills
- Heath Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Helenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Little Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Little Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Mayhews ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Slabtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Palmyra 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 village such as Palmyra to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palmyra and extending to:
- Jefferson, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Palmyra to Jefferson, with an average speed<5> 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 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,168 miles [9,926.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Palmyra. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jefferson County: www.jeffersoncountywi.gov
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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- Palmyra) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palmyra. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8789, Longitude: -88.5882 In this case, the coordinates for Palmyra have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Palmyra, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Palmyra could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Palmyra to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.068 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.193 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.755 degrees. |