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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 Sextonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sextonville 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 Sextonville:
- 43.278617, -90.291323
- 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 Sextonville
- 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 Sextonville is near Iowa County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Sextonville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sextonville ...
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.
- Basswood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Basswood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Bear Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Gotham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gotham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
- Ithaca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Neptune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orion is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Twin Bluffs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs
How Far From Sextonville 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 Sextonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sextonville and extending to:
- Richland Center, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Sextonville to Madison, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 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 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,208 miles [9,990.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sextonville) 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 Sextonville 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 Sextonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2786, Longitude: -90.2913 In this case, the coordinates for Sextonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.224 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.566 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.517 degrees. |
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