Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bangor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bangor and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bangor
- 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 Bangor:
- 43.891911, -90.991244
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bangor
- 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 La Crosse County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for La Crosse County
- Since Bangor is near Monroe County and also Vernon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- eBird sighting report for Vernon 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bangor ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Bangor.
There is one other community in Wisconsin which is also named Bangor.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Morgan 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 Kentucky community of Bangor [Morgan County].
- Rowan County
- This Bangor is located in Rowan County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Bangor that is located in La Crosse County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Bangor.
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Bangor lies 1,231 miles [1,981.1 km]<2> to the east of the Bangor that is located in La Crosse County.
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- This Bangor lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Bangor that is located in La Crosse County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Bangor lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Bangor that is located in La Crosse County.
- South Dakota
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bangor ...
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.
- Burns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Cold Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cold Springs is located in La Crosse County
- Coon Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coon Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Valley
- Coon Valley is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Farmers Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Valley
- Farmers Valley is located in Monroe County
- Four Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Four Corners is located in Monroe County
- French Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Island
- French Island is located in La Crosse County
- Grand Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Crossing
- Grand Crossing is located in La Crosse County
- Holiday Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
- Holiday Heights is located in La Crosse County
- La Crosse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51,163 people
- Lakeview ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Maple Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove is located in La Crosse County
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockland is located in La Crosse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Stevenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
How Far From Bangor 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 village such as Bangor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bangor and extending to:
- La Crosse, which is the Seat of La Crosse County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bangor to La Crosse, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 799 miles [1,285.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,202 miles [9,981.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bangor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for La Crosse County: www.co.la-crosse.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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 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 Bangor 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bangor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bangor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8919, Longitude: -90.9912 In this case, the coordinates for Bangor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bangor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Bangor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.704 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.199 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.713 degrees. |