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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 Brule, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brule 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 Brule:
    • 46.552996, -91.576578
    • 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 Brule
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Brule is near Bayfield County and also Saint Louis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bayfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis 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 Brule

Communities Also Named Brule ...

We found eight communities that are also named Brule.

Within Wisconsin, the name Brule is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Brule lies 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
    • Louisiana
      • Assumption Parish
      • This Brule is located in Assumption Parish and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the south of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Assumption Parish community of Brule.
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This Brule is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km] to the south of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Brule.
    • Michigan
      • Iron 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 Michigan community of Brule [Iron County].
    • Nebraska
      • Keith County
      • This Brule is located in Keith County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keith County community of Brule.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Brule lies 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Brule lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the east of the Brule that is located in Douglas County.
    • South Dakota
      • Union 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 South Dakota community of Brule [Union County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brule ...

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.

  • Blueberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blueberry is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueberry
  • Cloverland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cloverland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Delta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Delta is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Hillcrest
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Iron River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Iron River is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
  • Maple
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Maple is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
  • Poplar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Poplar is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
  • Topside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Topside is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside

How Far From Brule to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brule to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brule and extending to:

  • Superior, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brule to Superior, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 262 miles [421.6 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 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 905 miles [1,456.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,843 miles [11,012.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brule) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brule 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>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.
<4>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 Brule 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 Brule. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5530, Longitude: -91.5766       In this case, the coordinates for Brule have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.083 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.995 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.265 degrees.