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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 Birnamwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birnamwood 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 Birnamwood:
- 44.931849, -89.208992
- 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 Birnamwood
- 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 Shawano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
- Since Birnamwood is near Marathon County and also Langlade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marathon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Langlade 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 Birnamwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birnamwood ...
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.
- Deerbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Five Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Hunting
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
- Kelly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kelly is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Little Eau Claire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Eau Claire is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Eau Claire
- Nutterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pike Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Polar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Polar is located in Langlade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
- Shantytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shantytown is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
- Split Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
How Far From Birnamwood 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 village such as Birnamwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Birnamwood and extending to:
- Shawano, which is the Seat of Shawano County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Birnamwood to Shawano, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 128 miles [206 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 750 miles [1,207 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birnamwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Birnamwood 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 Birnamwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9318, Longitude: -89.2090 In this case, the coordinates for Birnamwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.46 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.93 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.464 degrees. |
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