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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 Fond du Lac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fond du Lac 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fond du Lac
Communities Also Named Fond du Lac ...
We found four communities that are also named Fond du Lac.
Within Wisconsin, the name Fond du Lac is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located 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.
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)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dotyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Eldorado
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Johnsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Little Point is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
- Marblehead
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Pipe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pipe is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe
- Point Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Silica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
How Far From Fond du Lac 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 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<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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. 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | 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 Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7732, Longitude: -88.4471 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.961 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.199 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.417 degrees. |
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