Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Strongs Prairie:
  • 44.061263, -89.975576
  • 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 Strongs Prairie

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strongs Prairie ...

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 Flats
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Flats is located in Adams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Big Flats
  • From Strongs Prairie to Big Flats
• Cloverdale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Cottonville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cottonville is located in Adams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
• Friendship
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Friendship is located in Adams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
• Kelly
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kelly is located in Juneau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
• Lone Rock
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Rock is located in Juneau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
• Meadow Valley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Valley is located in Juneau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Valley
• Orange Mill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange Mill is located in Juneau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mill
• Springbluff ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Springbluff is located in Adams County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbluff

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

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

• Friendship, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Strongs Prairie to Friendship, with an average speed<2> 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 74 miles [119.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 757 miles [1,218.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,159 miles [9,911.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,802 miles [7,728.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'