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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 Bagley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagley 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 Bagley:
- 42.905413, -91.102131
- 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 Bagley
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Bagley is near Clayton County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clayton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Bagley
Communities Also Named Bagley ...
We found nine communities that are also named Bagley.
Within Wisconsin, the name Bagley is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Bagley is located in Jefferson County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bagley.
- Iowa
- Guthrie County
- This Bagley is located in Guthrie County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Bagley.
- Kansas
- Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Bagley [Montgomery County].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Bagley is located in Harford County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Bagley.
- Michigan
- Menominee County
- This Bagley is located in Menominee County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Bagley.
- Otsego 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 Michigan community of Bagley [Otsego County].
- Minnesota
- Clearwater County
- This Bagley is located in Clearwater County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Bagley.
- New Hampshire
- Merrimack County
- This Bagley is located in Merrimack County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the east of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Bagley.
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- This Bagley is located in Johnston County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bagley that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Bagley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagley ...
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.
- Beetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Grove
- Elkport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elkport is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Farmersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flora Fountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flora Fountain is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Fountain
- Glen Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Motor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Motor is located in Clayton County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor
- Mount Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Turkey River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yellow River is located in Allamakee County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow River
How Far From Bagley 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 village such as Bagley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bagley and extending to:
- Lancaster, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bagley to Lancaster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the east (E). 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 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bagley) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bagley 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 Bagley 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 Bagley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9054, Longitude: -91.1021 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.778 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.148 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.038 degrees. |
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