Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Buckbee:
  • 44.648868, -88.835103
  • 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 Buckbee

• 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 Buckbee is near Shawano County and also Outagamie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie 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 Buckbee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckbee ...

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
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Embarrass
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
• Granite City ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
• Hunting
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hunting is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
• Marble ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Marble is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
• Marion
  (3 miles [4.8 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
• Red River
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Red River is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
• Split Rock
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock
• Sugar Bush
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

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

• Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Buckbee to Waupaca, with an average speed<2> 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 most of a day.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,090 miles [9,800.9 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 4,733 miles [7,617 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'