Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bay Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Settlement and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bay Settlement
- 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 Settlement:
- 44.552896, -87.890634
- 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 Bay Settlement
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Bay Settlement is near Kewaunee County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
- eBird sighting report for Oconto 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Settlement ...
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.
- Champion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Chapel Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
- Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
- Duck Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Duck Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Duck Creek
- From Bay Settlement to Duck Creek
- Edgewater Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
- Henrysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henrysville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- Henrysville is located in Brown County
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Humboldt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Poland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Poland
- From Bay Settlement to Poland
- Red Banks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Sugar Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sugar Bush
- From Bay Settlement to Sugar Bush
How Far From Bay Settlement 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 Bay Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bay Settlement and extending to:
- Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Bay Settlement 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 681 miles [1,096 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bay Settlement. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Brown County: www.co.brown.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' (or 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- Bay Settlement) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bay Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5529, Longitude: -87.8906 In this case, the coordinates for Bay Settlement 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 Bay Settlement 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 314.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.861 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.885 degrees. |