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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 Baldwins Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baldwins Mill 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 Baldwins Mill:
    • 44.387929, -88.961094
    • 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 Baldwins Mill
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baldwins Mill ...

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.

  • Chain O' Lakes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chain O' Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O' Lakes
    • Chain O' Lakes is located in Waupaca County
  • Gills Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Quarry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
    • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
  • Indian Crossing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
    • Indian Crossing is located in Waupaca County
  • King
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Little Hope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
    • Little Hope is located in Waupaca County
  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marble ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
    • Marble is located in Waupaca County
  • Red Banks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
    • Red Banks is located in Waupaca County
  • Rural
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rural. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Rural
    • From Baldwins Mill to Rural
  • Sugar Bush
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
    • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Baldwins Mill and extending to:

  • Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Baldwins Mill to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 721 miles [1,160.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baldwins Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Waupaca County: www.co.waupaca.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Baldwins Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baldwins Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3879, Longitude: -88.9611       In this case, the coordinates for Baldwins Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Baldwins Mill 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 315.301 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.672 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.499 degrees.









 

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