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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 Chippewa Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls:
- 44.937732, -91.393993
- 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 Chippewa Falls
- 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 Chippewa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
- Since Chippewa Falls is near Eau Claire County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Chippewa Falls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chippewa Falls ...
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.
- Bloomer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Drywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Elk Mound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Howard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Jim Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jim Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Falls
- Norma
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Norma is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Chippewa Falls 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 city such as Chippewa Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Chippewa Falls and extending to:
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Chippewa Falls to Madison, with an average speed<2>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,163 miles [9,918.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,915 miles [11,128.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chippewa Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Chippewa Falls 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 Chippewa Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9377, Longitude: -91.3940 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.979 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.636 degrees. |
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