Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Shortville:
  • 44.494962, -90.516524
  • 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 Shortville

• 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
  • Since Shortville is near Jackson County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Shortville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shortville ...

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.

• Chili
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chili is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
• Christie
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Christie is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
• Globe
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Globe is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
• Greenwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
• Loyal
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Loyal is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
• Lynn
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lynn is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
• Lynxville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Pray
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pray is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
• Speck Oaks
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Oaks

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

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

• Neillsville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Shortville to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,905 miles [11,112.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'