Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sherwood Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sherwood Glen and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sherwood Glen

• 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 Sherwood Glen:
  • 43.166105, -89.291783
  • 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 Sherwood Glen

• 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 Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
  • Since Sherwood Glen is near Columbia County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Sherwood Glen

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sherwood Glen ...

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.

• Catfish ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Catfish is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
• Darwin ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Darwin is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
• DeForest
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Elmside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmside is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
• Maple Bluff
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
• Pebble Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pebble Valley is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Valley
• Raintree
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Raintree is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree
• Seminary Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Seminary Springs is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Springs
• Sunburst
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sunburst is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunburst
• Token Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Token Creek is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Token Creek

How Far From Sherwood Glen 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 Sherwood Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies just to the southwest (SW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Sherwood Glen to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,815 miles [7,749 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'