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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 Albertville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Albertville 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 Albertville:
- 44.960174, -91.600658
- 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 Albertville
- 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 Chippewa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
- Since Albertville is near Dunn County and also Eau Claire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire 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 Albertville
Communities Also Named Albertville ...
We found five communities that are also named Albertville.
Within Wisconsin, the name Albertville is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- This Albertville is located in Marshall County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Albertville that is located in Chippewa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Albertville.
- Minnesota
- Wright County
- This Albertville is located in Wright County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albertville that is located in Chippewa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Albertville.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Albertville.
- Quebec
- This Albertville lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Albertville that is located in Chippewa County.
- Saskatchewan
- This Albertville lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Albertville that is located in Chippewa County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albertville ...
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.
- Bloomer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caryville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Caryville is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
- Cedar Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Falls is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Falls
- Eagle Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Elk Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Falls City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Falls City is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Norma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Norma is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Sand Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Tainter Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tainter Lake is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tainter Lake
- Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Albertville 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 Albertville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Albertville and extending to:
- Chippewa Falls, which is the Seat of Chippewa County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Albertville to Chippewa Falls, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 855 miles [1,376 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albertville) 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 Albertville 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 Albertville 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 Albertville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9602, Longitude: -91.6007 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.123 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.822 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.741 degrees. |
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