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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 Truesdell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Truesdell and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Truesdell:
    • 42.566687, -87.901188
    • 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 Truesdell
  • 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 Kenosha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
    • Since Truesdell is near Lake County and also Racine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Truesdell

Communities Also Named Truesdell ...

We found one communities that are also named Truesdell.

Within Wisconsin, the name Truesdell is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Truesdell in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Phillips 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 Kansas community of Truesdell [Phillips County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Truesdell ...

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.

  • Carol Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carol Beach is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Beach
  • Dunes Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Dunes Park is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Park
  • Hickory Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Corners is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
  • Hickory Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Haven is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Haven
  • Liberty Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Corners is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
  • Mount Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
  • Old Mill Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Paddock Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
  • Paris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Paris is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Pikeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pikeville is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Pleasant Prairie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Prairie is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,373 people
  • Timber Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Timber Ridge is located in Kenosha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
  • Union Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Grove is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
  • Zion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion is located in Lake County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,321 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zion <2>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Truesdell and extending to:

  • Kenosha, which is the Seat of Kenosha County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Truesdell to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 621 miles [999.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Truesdell 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Truesdell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Truesdell 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 Truesdell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5667, Longitude: -87.9012       In this case, the coordinates for Truesdell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.609 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.627 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.499 degrees.