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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 Fordham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fordham 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 Fordham:
    • 43.981916, -89.739014
    • 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 Fordham
  • 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Since Fordham is near Waushara County and also Marquette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waushara County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette 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 Fordham

Communities Also Named Fordham ...

We found six communities that are also named Fordham.

Within Wisconsin, the name Fordham is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Fordham [Cook County].
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This Fordham is located in DeKalb County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Fordham that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Fordham.
    • New York
      • Bronx County
      • This Fordham is located in Bronx County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<2> to the east of the Fordham that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bronx County community of Fordham.
      • New York 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 New York community of Fordham [New York County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fordham is located in Jefferson County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Fordham that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fordham.
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • This Fordham is located in Hampton City and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Fordham that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Fordham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fordham ...

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.

  • Big Flats
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Big Flats is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
  • Cottonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottonville is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonville
  • Friendship
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Friendship is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
  • Grand Marsh
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
  • Kelly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Kelly is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
  • Springbluff ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Springbluff is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbluff
  • Strongs Prairie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie

How Far From Fordham to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Fordham once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Fordham and extending to:

  • Friendship, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the West.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Fordham to Madison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 744 miles [1,197.4 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 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Fordham 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- Fordham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fordham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fordham 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 Fordham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9819, Longitude: -89.7390       In this case, the coordinates for Fordham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.841 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.228 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.029 degrees.