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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 Sandstone Bluff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandstone Bluff 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 Sandstone Bluff:
    • 43.817204, -88.967057
    • 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 Sandstone Bluff
  • 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green Lake County
    • Since Sandstone Bluff is near Fond du Lac County and also Winnebago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago 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 Sandstone Bluff

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandstone Bluff ...

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.

  • Berlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
  • Fairwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Green Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
  • Green Lake Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Lake Station is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake Station
  • Indian Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Indian Hills is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Pleasant Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point
  • Rush Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
  • Spring Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Spring Grove is located in Green Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove

How Far From Sandstone Bluff 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 Sandstone Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sandstone Bluff and extending to:

  • Green Lake, which is the Seat of Green Lake County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Sandstone Bluff to Madison, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,774 miles [7,683 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sandstone Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sandstone Bluff 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 Sandstone Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8172, Longitude: -88.9671       In this case, the coordinates for Sandstone Bluff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.315 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.607 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.674 degrees.