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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 Bayfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bayfield 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 Bayfield:
- 46.810983, -90.815865
- 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 Bayfield
- 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 Bayfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bayfield County
- Since Bayfield is near Ashland County and also Iron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron 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 Bayfield
Communities Also Named Bayfield ...
We found eight communities that are also named Bayfield.
Within Wisconsin, the name Bayfield is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, four are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- La Plata County
- This Bayfield is located in La Plata County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Plata County community of Bayfield.
- Indiana
- Kosciusko County
- This Bayfield is located in Kosciusko County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Bayfield.
- Iowa
- Muscatine 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 Iowa community of Bayfield [Muscatine County].
- Missouri
- DeKalb County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bayfield [DeKalb County].
- New Brunswick
- This Bayfield lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the east of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
- Nova Scotia
- This Bayfield lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<1> to the east of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
- Ontario
- This Bayfield lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Bayfield lies 1,349 miles [2,171 km]<1> to the east of the Bayfield that is located in Bayfield County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bayfield ...
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.
- Birch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Cedar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornucopia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornucopia is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Gurney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gurney is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Mason
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Minersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Port Wing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Port Wing is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Wing
- Pureair
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pureair is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pureair
- Red Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Cliff is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cliff
- Sand Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Bay is located in Bayfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
How Far From Bayfield 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 city such as Bayfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bayfield and extending to:
- Washburn, which is the Seat of Bayfield County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bayfield to Washburn, with an average speed<4> 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 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,050 miles [9,736.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Bayfield) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bayfield 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> | 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 Bayfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bayfield 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 Bayfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.8110, Longitude: -90.8159 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.537 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.413 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.762 degrees. |
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