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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 Casco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Casco 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 Casco:
- 44.556378, -87.618058
- 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 Casco
- 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 Kewaunee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
- Since Casco is near Brown County and also Door County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Door 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 Casco
Communities Also Named Casco ...
We found six communities that are also named Casco.
Within Wisconsin, the name Casco is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Casco is located in Cumberland County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the east of the Casco that is located in Kewaunee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Casco.
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- This Casco is located in Saint Clair County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Casco that is located in Kewaunee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Casco.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Casco is located in Saint Louis County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Casco that is located in Kewaunee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Casco.
- Missouri
- Franklin 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 Missouri community of Casco [Franklin County].
- Texas
- Dickens County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Dickens County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickens County community of Casco.
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- This Casco is located in Hanover County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Casco that is located in Kewaunee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Casco.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Casco ...
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.
- Alaska
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Alaska is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Birchwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Champion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Champion is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clyde is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Edgewater Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Forestville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Forestville is located in Door County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 408 people
- Henrysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henrysville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Ryans Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
- Sugar Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Casco 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 village such as Casco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Casco and extending to:
- Kewaunee, which is the Seat of Kewaunee County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Casco to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,690 miles [7,547.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Casco) 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 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 Casco 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> | 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 Casco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Casco 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 Casco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5564, Longitude: -87.6181 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.379 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.65 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.741 degrees. |
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