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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 Young America, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Young America 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 Young America:
    • 43.451666, -88.185928
    • 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 Young America
  • 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Since Young America is near Fond du Lac County and also Ozaukee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ozaukee 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 Young America

Communities Also Named Young America ...

We found four communities that are also named Young America.

Within Wisconsin, the name Young America is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Houston County
      • This Young America is located in Houston County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the south of the Young America that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Young America.
    • Indiana
      • Cass County
      • This Young America is located in Cass County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Young America that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Young America.
    • Kansas
      • Osage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Young America [Osage County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carver County
      • This Young America is located in Carver County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Young America that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carver County community of Young America.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Young America ...

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.

  • Aurora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Aurora is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Boltonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Boltonville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
  • Cedar Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Cedar Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Cheeseville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cheeseville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeseville
  • Cranberry Marsh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranberry Marsh is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Marsh
  • Decker Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Decker Corner is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Corner
  • Orchard Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Orchard Grove is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Grove
  • Silver Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Creek is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Young America and extending to:

  • West Bend, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Young America to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Young America) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Young America 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.
<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 Young America 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 Young America. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4517, Longitude: -88.1859       In this case, the coordinates for Young America have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.789 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.958 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.379 degrees.