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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 Camp Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Lake 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 Camp Lake:
- 42.534741, -88.143698
- 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 Camp Lake
- 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 Kenosha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha County
- Since Camp Lake is near Lake County and also Racine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Racine 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 Camp Lake
Communities Also Named Camp Lake ...
We found one communities that are also named Camp Lake.
Within Wisconsin, the name Camp Lake is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Camp Lake in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- 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 Camp Lake [Kent County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Lake ...
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.
- Channel Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Channel Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Lake
- Fox Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fox River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox River is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
- Grass Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grass Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Lake Catherine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Liberty Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty Corners is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corners
- Loon Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loon Lake is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Lotus Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lotus Woods is located in Lake County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus Woods
- Paddock Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paddock Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
- Pikeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pikeville is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Powers Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Powers Lake is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Lake
- Spring Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Twin Lakes is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,234 people
- Wheatland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland is located in Kenosha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
How Far From Camp Lake 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 Camp Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Camp Lake and extending to:
- Kenosha, which is the Seat of Kenosha County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Lake to Kenosha, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 632 miles [1,017.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,169 miles [9,928 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Camp Lake 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Camp Lake 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 Camp Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5347, Longitude: -88.1437 In this case, the coordinates for Camp Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.772 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.808 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.63 degrees. |
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