Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Blackwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blackwell and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Blackwell
- 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 Blackwell:
- 45.514131, -88.612611
- 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 Blackwell
- 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Forest County
- Since Blackwell is near Oconto County and also Langlade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Oconto County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Blackwell ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Blackwell.
Within Wisconsin, the name Blackwell is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Blackwell [Cobb County].
- Jasper County
- This Blackwell is located in Jasper County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Blackwell that is located in Forest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Blackwell.
- Idaho
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Missouri
- Macon County
- Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blackwell.
- Saint Francois County
- This Blackwell is located in Saint Francois County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Blackwell that is located in Forest County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Blackwell.
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Blackwell lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Blackwell that is located in Forest County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackwell ...
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.
- Carter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Fence
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Freeman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Goodman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Keith ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Mole Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Pickerel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Woodlawn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Blackwell 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 Blackwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Blackwell and extending to:
- Crandon, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blackwell to Crandon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 172 miles [276.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blackwell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Blackwell 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. |
| <2> | 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- Blackwell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5141, Longitude: -88.6126 In this case, the coordinates for Blackwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Blackwell to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.033 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.528 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.962 degrees. |