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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 Milwaukee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee:
    • 36.405431, -77.232189
    • 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 Milwaukee
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Milwaukee is near Hertford County and also Southampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hertford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Southampton 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 Milwaukee

Communities Also Named Milwaukee ...

We found five communities that are also named Milwaukee.

Within North Carolina, the name Milwaukee is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Barton 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 Kansas community of Milwaukee [Barton County].
      • Butler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Milwaukee [Butler County].
      • Stafford County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Stafford County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Milwaukee.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • This Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Milwaukee that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Milwaukee.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<3> to the northwest of the Milwaukee that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Milwaukee.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milwaukee ...

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.

  • Branchville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Branchville is located in Southampton County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Creeksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Creeksville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeksville
  • Eagletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Eagletown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagletown
  • Edwards Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Edwards Crossroads is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossroads
  • George
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • George is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • High Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • High Hill is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
  • Hugo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hugo is located in Southampton County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
  • Margarettsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Margarettsville is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margarettsville
  • Pleasant Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Union is located in Hertford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • Jackson, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Milwaukee to Jackson, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,706 miles [10,792.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,587 miles [7,382.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Milwaukee 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>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 Milwaukee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Milwaukee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4054, Longitude: -77.2322       In this case, the coordinates for Milwaukee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.131 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.335 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.714 degrees.