Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Byron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Byron and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Byron
- 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 Byron:
- 43.652734, -88.451227
- 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 Byron
- 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 Fond du Lac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
- Since Byron is near Dodge County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dodge County
- eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Byron ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Byron.
There is one other community in Wisconsin which is also named Byron.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 30 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Baker 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 Byron [Baker County].
- Dougherty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Byron [Dougherty County].
- Houston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Byron [Houston County].
- Peach County
- This Byron is located in Peach County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Byron that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peach County community of Byron.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- This Byron is located in LaPorte County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the southeast of the Byron that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Byron.
- Parke County
- This Byron is located in Parke County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south southeast of the Byron that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Byron.
- Kansas
- Republic 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 Kansas community of Byron [Republic County].
- Woodson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Byron [Woodson County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Michigan
- Kent 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 Michigan community of Byron [Kent County].
- Shiawassee County
- This Byron is located in Shiawassee County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Byron that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Byron.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Byron lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the east of the Byron that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Byron ...
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.
- Dotyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dotyville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dotyville
- From Byron to Dotyville
- Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Farmersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Dodge County
- LeRoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Marblehead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marblehead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Marblehead
- From Byron to Marblehead
- Mayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Oak Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Center have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Rogersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County
How Far From Byron to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Byron to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Byron and extending to:
- Fond du Lac, which is the Seat of Fond du Lac County, lies just to the North.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Byron to Madison, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,125 miles [9,857.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,761 miles [7,662.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Byron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Fond du Lac County: www.co.fond-du-lac.wi.us/
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 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 Byron 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Byron) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Byron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6527, Longitude: -88.4512 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Byron, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Byron to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.966 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.187 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.456 degrees. |