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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 Postville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Postville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Postville:
    • 42.799169, -89.752901
    • 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 Postville
  • 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 Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
    • Since Postville is near Lafayette County and also Iowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa 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 Postville

Communities Also Named Postville ...

We found four communities that are also named Postville.

Within Wisconsin, the name Postville is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • This Postville is located in Allamakee County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Postville that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Postville.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte 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 Nebraska community of Postville [Platte County].
    • New Jersey
      • Passaic County
      • This Postville is located in Passaic County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the east of the Postville that is located in Green County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Passaic County community of Postville.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Postville lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Postville that is located in Green County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Postville ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
  • Blue Mounds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Forward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Forward is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Hollandale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hollandale is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Jonesdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
  • Little Norway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Little Norway is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Norway
  • Mineral Point
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mineral Point is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
  • Moscow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Mount Horeb
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
  • Schultz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Schultz is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
  • Yellowstone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone

How Far From Postville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Postville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Postville and extending to:

  • Monroe, which is the Seat of Green County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Postville to Monroe, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 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 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Postville) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Postville 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 Postville 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 Postville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7992, Longitude: -89.7529       In this case, the coordinates for Postville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.857 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.081 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.372 degrees.