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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 Wingra Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wingra Park 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 Wingra Park:
- 43.062774, -89.416508
- 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 Wingra Park
- 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 Dane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dane County
- Since Wingra Park is near Green County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Wingra Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wingra Park ...
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.
- Catfish ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Catfish is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Elmside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmside is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
- Five Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Maple Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Oak Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Pheasant Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Pilgrim Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
How Far From Wingra Park 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 Wingra Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wingra Park and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Dane County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies just to the northeast (NE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Wingra Park to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,189 miles [9,960.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,934 miles [11,159.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wingra Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Wingra Park 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 Wingra Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0628, Longitude: -89.4165 In this case, the coordinates for Wingra Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.627 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.857 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.126 degrees. |
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