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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 Alaska, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alaska 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 Alaska:
    • 44.540555, -87.501198
    • 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 Alaska
  • 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 Kewaunee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
    • Since Alaska is near Door County and also Brown County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Door County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown 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 Alaska

Communities Also Named Alaska ...

We found ten communities that are also named Alaska.

There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Alaska.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Waukesha 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 Wisconsin community of Alaska [Waukesha County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Alaska is located in Morgan County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the south of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Alaska.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Alaska is located in Kent County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Alaska.
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola County
      • This Alaska is located in Cibola County and lies 1,246 miles [2,005.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of Alaska.
    • Ohio
      • Van Wert 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 Ohio community of Alaska [Van Wert County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Alaska is located in Jefferson County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Alaska.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Alaska is located in Northumberland County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east southeast of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Alaska.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Alaska lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Alaska that is located in Kewaunee County.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alaska [Fayette County].
      • Mineral 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 West Virginia community of Alaska [Mineral County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alaska ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Champion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Champion is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Clyde
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clyde is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Forestville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Forestville is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
  • Henrysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Henrysville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Lincoln
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Maplewood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Maplewood is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Norman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Norman is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Ryans Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
  • Sugar Bush
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

How Far From Alaska to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alaska to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Kewaunee, which is the Seat of Kewaunee County, lies just to the South.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Alaska to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 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 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 Alaska 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 '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- Alaska) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Alaska, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Alaska 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 Alaska. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5406, Longitude: -87.5012       In this case, the coordinates for Alaska have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.30 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.558 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.684 degrees.