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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 Exile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Exile 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 Exile:
    • 44.699132, -92.165735
    • 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 Exile
  • 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
    • Since Exile is near Pepin County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pepin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Exile

Communities Also Named Exile ...

We found one communities that are also named Exile.

Within Wisconsin, the name Exile is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Exile in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Edwards 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 Texas community of Exile [Edwards County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Exile ...

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.

  • Comfort
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Comfort is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
  • Downsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Downsville is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
  • Dunnville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Dunnville is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnville
  • Hatchville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hatchville is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
  • Laneville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Laneville is located in Pepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laneville
  • Maiden Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Maiden Rock is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
  • Plum City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Plum City is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Porcupine
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Porcupine is located in Pepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
  • Rock Elm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Elm is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Elm
  • Spring Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Spring Valley is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,323 people

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Exile and extending to:

  • Ellsworth, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Exile to Ellsworth, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 177 miles [284.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,953 miles [11,189.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,857 miles [7,816.6 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 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 Exile 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Exile) 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 Exile 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 Exile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6991, Longitude: -92.1657       In this case, the coordinates for Exile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.521 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.239 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.119 degrees.