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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 Skyview Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skyview Terrace 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 Skyview Terrace:
- 42.788333, -88.401389
- 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 Skyview Terrace
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walworth County
- Since Skyview Terrace is near Waukesha County and also Racine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waukesha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Racine 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 Skyview Terrace
Communities Also Named Skyview Terrace ...
We found one communities that are also named Skyview Terrace.
Within Wisconsin, the name Skyview Terrace is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Skyview Terrace in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Skyview Terrace [Richland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skyview Terrace ...
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.
- Bowers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bowers is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers
- Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,193 people
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Honey Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Honey Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Lake is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Lake
- Little Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Mayhews ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mayhews is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews
- Potter Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Lake
How Far From Skyview Terrace 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 Skyview Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skyview Terrace and extending to:
- Elkhorn, which is the Seat of Walworth County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Skyview Terrace to Elkhorn, with an average speed<3> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,796 miles [7,718.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Skyview Terrace 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Skyview Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Skyview Terrace 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 Skyview Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7883, Longitude: -88.4014 In this case, the coordinates for Skyview Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.943 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.038 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.687 degrees. |
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