Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shady Side, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Side and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shady Side
- 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 Shady Side:
- 42.564739, -88.437319
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Shady Side
- 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 Walworth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Since Shady Side is near McHenry County and also Kenosha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McHenry County
- eBird sighting report for Kenosha 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Shady Side ...
We found five communities that share the name Shady Side.
Within Wisconsin, the name Shady Side is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Shady Side is located in Sussex County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shady Side that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Shady Side.
- Indiana
- Porter County
- This Shady Side is located in Porter County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Shady Side that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Shady Side.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Shady Side is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Shady Side that is located in Walworth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Shady Side.
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Shady Side.
- Pennsylvania
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shady Side [Mercer County].
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady Side ...
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.
- Big Foot Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Foot Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Foot Prairie
- Big Foot Prairie is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Bowers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Bowers is located in Walworth County
- Elkhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Elkhorn is located in Walworth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,020 people
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in McHenry County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <5>
- Inlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Lake Lawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Lyons
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons is located in Walworth County
- Powers Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Slades Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slades Corners
- Slades Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Twin Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
How Far From Shady Side 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 Shady Side to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Shady Side once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Shady Side and extending to:
- Elkhorn, which is the Seat of Walworth County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shady Side to Elkhorn, with an average speed<6> 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 60 miles [96.6 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 647 miles [1,041.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,178 miles [9,942.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,920 miles [11,136.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,807 miles [7,736.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Walworth County: www.co.walworth.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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- Shady Side) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shady Side. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5647, Longitude: -88.4373 In this case, the coordinates for Shady Side have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shady Side, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Shady Side 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Shady Side to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.969 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.036 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.77 degrees. |