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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 Garnet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garnet 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 Garnet:
- 43.935632, -88.262956
- 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 Garnet
- 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 Garnet is near Calumet County and also Winnebago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago 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 Garnet
Communities Also Named Garnet ...
We found seven communities that are also named Garnet.
Within Wisconsin, the name Garnet is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Riverside County
- This Garnet is located in Riverside County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Garnet that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Garnet.
- Michigan
- Mackinac County
- This Garnet is located in Mackinac County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the northeast of the Garnet that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Garnet.
- Montana
- Granite County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Garnet [Granite County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- This Garnet is located in Clark County and lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<1> to the west of the Garnet that is located in Fond du Lac County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Garnet.
- New York
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Garnet [Warren County].
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Garnet [Rutherford County].
- Ontario
- This Garnet lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the east of the Garnet that is located in Fond du Lac County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garnet ...
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.
- Brothertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gravesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gravesville is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Johnsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little Point is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Point
- Maple Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Heights is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Heights
- Marytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marytown is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marytown
- Pipe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pipe is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe
- Point Comfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Silica
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silica is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Sunset Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sunset Beach is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
How Far From Garnet 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 Garnet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garnet and extending to:
- Fond du Lac, which is the Seat of Fond du Lac County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Garnet to Fond du Lac, with an average speed<4> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Garnet) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Garnet, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Garnet 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. |
| <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 Garnet 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 Garnet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9356, Longitude: -88.2630 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.833 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.076 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.272 degrees. |
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