Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rice Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rice Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rice Lake
- 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 Rice Lake:
- 45.496902, -91.739336
- 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 Rice Lake
- 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 Barron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barron County
- Since Rice Lake is near Rusk County and also Washburn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- eBird sighting report for Washburn 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 Rice Lake ...
We found six communities that share the name Rice Lake.
Within Wisconsin, the name Rice Lake is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Minnesota
- Clearwater County
- This Rice Lake is located in Clearwater County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Barron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Rice Lake.
- Dodge 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 Minnesota community of Rice Lake [Dodge County].
- Steele County
- This Rice Lake is located in Steele County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the southwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Barron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steele County community of Rice Lake.
- Wright County
- This Rice Lake is located in Wright County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the west southwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Barron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Rice Lake.
- Ontario
- This Rice Lake lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rice Lake that is located in Barron County.
- Manitoba
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rice Lake ...
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.
- Birchwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Bruce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Comstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Edgewater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Horseman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Island Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
- Madge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
- Madge is located in Washburn County
- Meteor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Prairie Farm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
- Sand Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Shell Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shell Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
- Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
- Turtle Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
How Far From Rice Lake 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 city such as Rice Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rice Lake and extending to:
- Barron, which is the Seat of Barron County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Rice Lake to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 877 miles [1,411.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 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 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rice Lake: www.ci.rice-lake.wi.us/
The official website for Barron County: www.co.barron.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Rice Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rice Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4969, Longitude: -91.7393 In this case, the coordinates for Rice Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rice Lake 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> | 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. |
| <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 Rice Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.216 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.001 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.664 degrees. |