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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 Plum City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plum City 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 Plum City:
- 44.633022, -92.191845
- 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 Plum City
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Plum City is near Pepin County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pepin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Plum City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plum City ...
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.
- Comfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Devils Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Devils Corner is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Corner
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Laneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laneville is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
- Maiden Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Maxville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Buffalo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Porcupine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Porcupine is located in Pepin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
- Rock Elm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Elm is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm
How Far From Plum City 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 village such as Plum City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plum City and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Plum City to Ellsworth, with an average speed<3> 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,957 miles [11,196.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,861 miles [7,823 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plum City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Plum City 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 Plum City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6330, Longitude: -92.1918 In this case, the coordinates for Plum City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.539 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.251 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.151 degrees. |
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