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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 Elm Tree Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elm Tree Corners 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 Elm Tree Corners:
    • 44.554714, -88.098159
    • 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 Elm Tree Corners
  • 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Since Elm Tree Corners is near Outagamie County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconto 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 Elm Tree Corners

Communities Also Named Elm Tree Corners ...

We found one communities that are also named Elm Tree Corners.

Within Wisconsin, the name Elm Tree Corners is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Elm Tree Corners in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • This Elm Tree Corners lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the east of the Elm Tree Corners that is located in Brown County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elm Tree Corners ...

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.

  • Chapel Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Chase
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Chase is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Duck Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Hobart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hobart is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
  • Howard
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Howard is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • Humboldt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Humboldt is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Little Rapids
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Little Rapids is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
  • Little Suamico
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
  • Red Banks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Red Banks is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Rose Lawn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
  • Tremble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Tremble is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble

How Far From Elm Tree Corners to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elm Tree Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Elm Tree Corners to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elm Tree Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Elm Tree Corners 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 Elm Tree Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5547, Longitude: -88.0982       In this case, the coordinates for Elm Tree Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.707 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.021 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.993 degrees.