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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 Fence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fence 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 Fence:
- 45.744403, -88.424290
- 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 Fence
- 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 Florence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Florence County
- Since Fence is near Forest County and also Marinette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette 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 Fence
Communities Also Named Fence ...
We found one communities that are also named Fence.
Within Wisconsin, the name Fence is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Fence in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Gwinnett 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 Georgia community of Fence [Gwinnett County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fence ...
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.
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Fern ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fern is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Florence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Florence is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodman is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodman
- Hematite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hematite is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
- Long Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Long Lake is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Pulp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pulp is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulp
- Ridgetop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgetop is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
- Skidmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Skidmore is located in Dickinson County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Spread Eagle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spread Eagle is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread Eagle
How Far From Fence 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 community such as Fence to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fence and extending to:
- Florence, which is the Seat of Florence County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fence to Florence, 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 190 miles [305.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 748 miles [1,203.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,023 miles [9,693.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,772 miles [10,898.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,670 miles [7,515.6 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 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 Fence 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fence) 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 Fence 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 Fence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7444, Longitude: -88.4243 In this case, the coordinates for Fence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.895 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.405 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.786 degrees. |
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