Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bear Creek Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bear Creek Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bear Creek Corners

• 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 Bear Creek Corners:
  • 44.531368, -88.747043
  • 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 Bear Creek Corners

• 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 Waupaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Waupaca County
  • Since Bear Creek Corners is near Outagamie County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano 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 Bear Creek Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bear Creek Corners ...

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.

• Big Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Buckbee
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
• Embarrass
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
• Granite City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
• Hunting
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hunting is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
• Little Wolf ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
• Marble ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Marble is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
• Marion
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Sugar Bush
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

How Far From Bear Creek Corners 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 Bear Creek Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bear Creek Corners and extending to:

• Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bear Creek Corners to Waupaca, with an average speed<2> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,734 miles [7,618.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'