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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 Pierceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierceville 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 Pierceville:
- 43.135884, -89.153072
- 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 Pierceville
- 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 Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
- Since Pierceville is near Jefferson County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Pierceville
Communities Also Named Pierceville ...
We found ten communities that are also named Pierceville.
Within Wisconsin, the name Pierceville is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Fannin County
- This Pierceville is located in Fannin County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Pierceville.
- Illinois
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pierceville [DeKalb County].
- Indiana
- Ripley County
- This Pierceville is located in Ripley County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Pierceville.
- Iowa
- Van Buren County
- This Pierceville is located in Van Buren County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Pierceville.
- Kansas
- Finney County
- This Pierceville is located in Finney County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Pierceville.
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Pierceville [Plymouth County].
- New York
- Madison County
- This Pierceville is located in Madison County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the east of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Pierceville.
- North Carolina
- Camden County
- This Pierceville is located in Camden County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Pierceville.
- Pennsylvania
- Wyoming County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pierceville [Wyoming County].
- York County
- This Pierceville is located in York County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Pierceville that is located in Dane County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Pierceville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierceville ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Deansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deansville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
- Door Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pebble Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pebble Valley is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Valley
- Raintree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raintree is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
- Seminary Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seminary Springs is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Springs
- Sunburst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunburst is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
- Token Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Token Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Token Creek
How Far From Pierceville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pierceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pierceville and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pierceville to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Pierceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pierceville 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Pierceville 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 Pierceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1359, Longitude: -89.1531 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.448 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.663 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.97 degrees. |
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