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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 Cleghorn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cleghorn 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 Cleghorn:
    • 44.683573, -91.426825
    • 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 Cleghorn
  • 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 Eau Claire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire County
    • Since Cleghorn is near Trempealeau County and also Chippewa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trempealeau County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa 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 Cleghorn

Communities Also Named Cleghorn ...

We found two communities that are also named Cleghorn.

Within Wisconsin, the name Cleghorn is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Cherokee County
      • This Cleghorn is located in Cherokee County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cleghorn that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cleghorn.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Cleghorn [Worcester County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cleghorn ...

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.

  • Allen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Allen is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Caryville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Caryville is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
  • Elk Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Elk Creek is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
  • Elk Mound
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
  • Falls City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls City is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Hay Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
  • Lookout
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lookout is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
  • Nix Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
  • Norma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Norma is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
  • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pleasantville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantville is located in Trempealeau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Rock Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Union is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Cleghorn 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 Cleghorn to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cleghorn and extending to:

  • Eau Claire, which is the Seat of Eau Claire County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cleghorn to Eau Claire, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 840 miles [1,351.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,177 miles [9,940.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cleghorn) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cleghorn 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>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 Cleghorn 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 Cleghorn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6836, Longitude: -91.4268       In this case, the coordinates for Cleghorn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.004 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.648 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.725 degrees.