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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 Dairyland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dairyland 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 Dairyland:
    • 46.216053, -92.155470
    • 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 Dairyland
  • 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Douglas County
    • Since Dairyland is near Burnett County and also Pine County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burnett County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pine 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 Dairyland

Communities Also Named Dairyland ...

We found four communities that are also named Dairyland.

Within Wisconsin, the name Dairyland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Madera County
      • This Dairyland is located in Madera County and lies 1,575 miles [2,534.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Dairyland that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Dairyland.
      • Orange 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 California community of Dairyland [Orange County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Dairyland is located in Ulster County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dairyland that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Dairyland.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • This Dairyland is located in El Paso County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dairyland that is located in Douglas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Dairyland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dairyland ...

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.

  • Cozy Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cozy Corner is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corner
  • Dewey
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dewey is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
  • Gordon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gordon is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Hillcrest
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Kingsdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Kingsdale is located in Pine County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
  • Markville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Markville is located in Pine County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markville
  • Moose Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Moose Junction is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Junction
  • Yellow Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow Lake is located in Burnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Lake

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

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

  • Superior, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Dairyland to Superior, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,123 miles [9,854 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dairyland) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dairyland 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 Dairyland 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 Dairyland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2161, Longitude: -92.1555       In this case, the coordinates for Dairyland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.50 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.422 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.686 degrees.