Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fond du Lac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fond du Lac and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fond du Lac
- 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 Fond du Lac:
- 43.773229, -88.447111
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fond du Lac
- 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 Fond du Lac County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fond du Lac County
- Since Fond du Lac is near Winnebago County and also Dodge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- eBird sighting report for Dodge 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fond du Lac ...
We found four communities that share the name Fond du Lac.
Within Wisconsin, the name Fond du Lac is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Fond du Lac is located in Will County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south of the Fond du Lac that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Fond du Lac.
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Kansas community of Fond du Lac [Brown County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- This Fond du Lac is located in Saint Louis County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fond du Lac that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fond du Lac.
- Saskatchewan
- This Fond du Lac lies 1,331 miles [2,142 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fond du Lac that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fond du Lac ...
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.
- Black Wolf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calvary. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Calvary
- From Fond du Lac to Calvary
- Dotyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dotyville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotyville
- Dotyville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dotyville
- From Fond du Lac to Dotyville
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Eldorado
- From Fond du Lac to Eldorado
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Johnsburg is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Johnsburg
- From Fond du Lac to Johnsburg
- Little Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
- Little Point is located in Winnebago County
- Marblehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marblehead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Marblehead
- From Fond du Lac to Marblehead
- Oak Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Pipe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Point Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Point Comfort
- From Fond du Lac to Point Comfort
- Rogersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Silica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Fond du Lac 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 city such as Fond du Lac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fond du Lac and extending to:
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fond du Lac to Madison, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,119 miles [9,847.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fond du Lac: www.ci.fond-du-lac.wi.us/
The official website for Fond du Lac County: www.co.fond-du-lac.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fond du Lac) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fond du Lac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7732, Longitude: -88.4471 |
| <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 Fond du Lac 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fond du Lac to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.961 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.199 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.417 degrees. |