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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 Eagleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagleton 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 Eagleton:
- 45.060231, -91.389334
- 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 Eagleton
- 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 Eagleton is near Dunn County and also Eau Claire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire 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 Eagleton
Communities Also Named Eagleton ...
We found four communities that are also named Eagleton.
Within Wisconsin, the name Eagleton is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Polk County
- This Eagleton is located in Polk County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Eagleton that is located in Chippewa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eagleton.
- Montana
- Chouteau County
- This Eagleton is located in Chouteau County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eagleton that is located in Chippewa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chouteau County community of Eagleton.
- North Carolina
- Dare County
- This Eagleton is located in Dare County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eagleton that is located in Chippewa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dare County community of Eagleton.
- Washington
- Lewis 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 Eagleton [Lewis County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagleton ...
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.
- Bloomer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crescent is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Drywood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eagle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eagle Point is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howard is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Island Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Jim Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jim Falls is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Falls
- Norma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Chippewa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Sand Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Creek is located in Dunn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Creek
- Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Eagleton 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 Eagleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eagleton and extending to:
- Chippewa Falls, which is the Seat of Chippewa County, lies just to the South.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Eagleton to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 848 miles [1,364.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full 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 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eagleton) 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 Eagleton 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 Eagleton 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 Eagleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0602, Longitude: -91.3893 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.974 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.667 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.598 degrees. |
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