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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 Conover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conover 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 Conover:
- 46.051264, -89.258182
- 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 Conover
- 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 Vilas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vilas County
- Since Conover is near Gogebic County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gogebic County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Conover
Communities Also Named Conover ...
We found seven communities that are also named Conover.
There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Conover.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
- Oneida 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 Wisconsin community of Conover [Oneida County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kendall 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 Illinois community of Conover [Kendall County].
- Mason County
- This Conover is located in Mason County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<2> to the south of the Conover that is located in Vilas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Conover.
- Iowa
- Winneshiek County
- This Conover is located in Winneshiek County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Conover that is located in Vilas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winneshiek County community of Conover.
- North Carolina
- Catawba County
- This Conover is located in Catawba County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Conover that is located in Vilas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Conover.
- Ohio
- Miami County
- This Conover is located in Miami County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Conover that is located in Vilas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Conover.
- Ontario
- This Conover lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Conover that is located in Vilas County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conover ...
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.
- Basswood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Basswood is located in Iron County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood
- Boulder Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Boulder Junction is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Clearwater Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clearwater Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Lake
- Eagle River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fuller
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Tomahawk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
- Land O'Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Robbins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Three Lakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Three Lakes is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
How Far From Conover 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 Conover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conover and extending to:
- Eagle River, which is the Seat of Vilas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Conover to Eagle River, 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,036 miles [9,714 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,787 miles [10,922.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 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 Conover 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> | 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- Conover) 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 Conover 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 Conover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0513, Longitude: -89.2582 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.465 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.093 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.141 degrees. |
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