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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 Sabin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sabin 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 Sabin:
- 43.430116, -90.568611
- 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 Sabin
- 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 Richland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
- Since Sabin is near Vernon County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Sabin
Communities Also Named Sabin ...
We found two communities that are also named Sabin.
Within Wisconsin, the name Sabin is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Grand Traverse County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sabin [Grand Traverse County].
- Minnesota
- Clay County
- This Sabin is located in Clay County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sabin that is located in Richland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Sabin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sabin ...
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.
- Bloom City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bosstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bosstown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosstown
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Henrietta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Jimtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Readstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Readstown is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
- Rockbridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rockbridge is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Soldiers Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Tunnelville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnelville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnelville
- Wild Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wild Rose is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
How Far From Sabin 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 Sabin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sabin and extending to:
- Richland Center, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sabin to Richland Center, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 768 miles [1,236 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 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 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Sabin 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sabin) 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 Sabin 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 Sabin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4301, Longitude: -90.5686 In this case, the coordinates for Sabin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.414 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.804 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.619 degrees. |
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