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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 Sauk Trail Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sauk Trail Beach 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 Sauk Trail Beach:
- 43.530321, -87.794661
- 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 Sauk Trail Beach
- 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 Ozaukee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ozaukee County
- Since Sauk Trail Beach is near Sheboygan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sheboygan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Sauk Trail Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sauk Trail Beach ...
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.
- Adell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Belgium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,115 people
- Decker
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Decker is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Gooseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gooseville is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseville
- Holy Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Church
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ourtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Random Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Waldo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Sauk Trail Beach 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 Sauk Trail Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sauk Trail Beach and extending to:
- Port Washington, which is the Seat of Ozaukee County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sauk Trail Beach to Port Washington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 643 miles [1,034.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,851 miles [11,025.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,740 miles [7,628.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sauk Trail Beach) 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 Sauk Trail Beach 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 Sauk Trail Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5303, Longitude: -87.7947 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.524 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.667 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.154 degrees. |
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