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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 Bay City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay City 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 Bay City:
- 44.585459, -92.450691
- 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 Bay City
- 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Bay City is near Goodhue County and also Pepin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goodhue County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pepin 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 Bay City
Communities Also Named Bay City ...
We found ten communities that are also named Bay City.
Within Wisconsin, the name Bay City is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- La Plata County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in La Plata County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Bay City.
- Florida
- Franklin County
- This Bay City is located in Franklin County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bay City.
- Hernando County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bay City [Hernando County].
- Illinois
- Pope County
- This Bay City is located in Pope County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Bay City.
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- This Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Bay City.
- Michigan
- Bay County
- This Bay City is located in Bay County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the east of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Bay City.
- North Carolina
- Pamlico County
- This Bay City is located in Pamlico County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pamlico County community of Bay City.
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- This Bay City is located in Tillamook County and lies 1,524 miles [2,452.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Bay City.
- Texas
- Matagorda County
- This Bay City is located in Matagorda County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Bay City.
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,521 miles [2,447.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bay City that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Bay City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay City ...
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.
- Claybank
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Diamond Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond Bluff is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bluff
- Hay Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hay Creek is located in Goodhue County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Maiden Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Moeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Plum City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plum City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Red Wing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Snows Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Snows Corner is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
How Far From Bay City 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 Bay City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bay City and extending to:
- Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bay City to Ellsworth, with an average speed<5> 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 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,873 miles [7,842.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bay City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Bay City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Bay City 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Bay City 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 Bay City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5855, Longitude: -92.4507 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.721 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.452 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.303 degrees. |
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