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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 Cornell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cornell 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 Cornell:
    • 45.162466, -91.152366
    • 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 Cornell
  • 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 Cornell is near Taylor County and also Rusk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk 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 Cornell

Communities Also Named Cornell ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Cornell.

Within Wisconsin, the name Cornell is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Cornell is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Cornell.
      • Modoc County
      • This Cornell is located in Modoc County and lies 1,520 miles [2,446.2 km] to the west of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Cornell.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Cornell is located in Fulton County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cornell.
    • Idaho
      • Latah 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 Idaho community of Cornell [Latah County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Cornell is located in Cook County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Cornell.
      • Livingston County
      • This Cornell is located in Livingston County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km] to the south southeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Cornell.
    • Iowa
      • Clay County
      • This Cornell is located in Clay County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cornell.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Cornell is located in Crawford County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Cornell.
    • Michigan
      • Delta County
      • This Cornell is located in Delta County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Cornell.
      • Saint Clair County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Saint Clair County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Cornell.
    • Nebraska
      • Hitchcock County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cornell [Hitchcock County].
    • New York
      • Bronx 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 New York community of Cornell [Bronx County].
      • Westchester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cornell [Westchester County].
    • Ontario
      • This Cornell lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Cornell is located in Bucks County and lies 885 miles [1,424.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cornell that is located in Chippewa County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Cornell.
    • South Dakota
      • Sanborn 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 South Dakota community of Cornell [Sanborn County].
    • Washington
      • Island 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 Washington community of Cornell [Island County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornell ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Arnold is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Crescent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Crescent is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Donald
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Donald is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Drywood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Drywood is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drywood
  • Eagle Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Island Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Island Lake is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
  • Jim Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jim Falls is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Falls
  • Maple Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Hill is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Ruby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ruby is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby

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

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

  • Chippewa Falls, which is the Seat of Chippewa County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cornell to Chippewa Falls, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 841 miles [1,353.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,143 miles [9,886.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,896 miles [11,098 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Cornell) 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 Cornell 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 Cornell, 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 Cornell 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 Cornell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1625, Longitude: -91.1524       In this case, the coordinates for Cornell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.807 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.491 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.441 degrees.