Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Benderville:
  • 44.611183, -87.855249
  • 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 Benderville

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
  • Since Benderville is near Kewaunee County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
  • Open the 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Benderville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Benderville ...

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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Champion is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
• Chapel Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
• Duck Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Duck Creek
  • From Benderville to Duck Creek
• Edgewater Beach
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
• Howard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Humboldt
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Humboldt is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
• Lincoln
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
• Little Suamico
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
• Poland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Poland is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Poland
  • From Benderville to Poland
• Red Banks
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Red Banks is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
• Shoemaker Point
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shoemaker Point is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Point
• Sugar Bush
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sugar Bush
  • From Benderville to Sugar Bush
• Tremble
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Tremble is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble

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

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

• Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Benderville to Green Bay, with an average speed<2> 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 131 miles [210.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,804 miles [10,950 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,697 miles [7,559.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'