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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 Waldwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waldwick 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 Waldwick:
    • 42.825555, -90.039847
    • 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 Waldwick
  • 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 Iowa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa County
    • Since Waldwick is near Lafayette County and also Dane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dane 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 Waldwick

Communities Also Named Waldwick ...

We found one communities that are also named Waldwick.

Within Wisconsin, the name Waldwick is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen 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 New Jersey community of Waldwick [Bergen County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waldwick ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Argyle is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
  • Dodgeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
  • Hollandale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollandale is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
  • Jonesdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
  • Mineral Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
  • Moscow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Moscow is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
  • Red Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Red Rock is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Slateford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Slateford is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
  • Yellowstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Waldwick and extending to:

  • Dodgeville, which is the Seat of Iowa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Waldwick to Dodgeville, 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,968 miles [11,213.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,859 miles [7,819.8 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 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 Waldwick 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Waldwick) 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 Waldwick 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 Waldwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8256, Longitude: -90.0398       In this case, the coordinates for Waldwick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.052 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.307 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.512 degrees.