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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 Clam Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clam Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clam Lake:
    • 46.163842, -90.902405
    • 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 Clam 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 Ashland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
    • Since Clam Lake is near Bayfield County and also Sawyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bayfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer 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 Clam Lake

Communities Also Named Clam Lake ...

We found one communities that are also named Clam Lake.

Within Wisconsin, the name Clam Lake is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Clam Lake in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Antrim County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Clam Lake [Antrim County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clam 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.

  • Cable
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cable is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
  • Grand View
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grand View is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • High Bridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • High Bridge is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
  • Kennedy
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kennedy is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
  • Leonards
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Leonards is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
  • Mason
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mason is located in Bayfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Minersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Minersville is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
  • Morse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Morse is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Peeksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Peeksville is located in Ashland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville

How Far From Clam Lake 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 community such as Clam Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clam Lake and extending to:

  • Ashland, which is the Seat of Ashland County, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Clam Lake to Ashland, with an average speed<3> 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 just over a day.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 863 miles [1,388.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Clam Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clam Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Clam 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 Clam Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1638, Longitude: -90.9024       In this case, the coordinates for Clam Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.615 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.411 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.008 degrees.