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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 Goodrich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodrich and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Goodrich:
    • 45.149411, -90.085693
    • 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 Goodrich
  • 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Since Goodrich is near Marathon County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marathon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Goodrich

Communities Also Named Goodrich ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Goodrich.

Within Wisconsin, the name Goodrich is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • This Goodrich is located in Woodruff County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the south of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodruff County community of Goodrich.
    • Colorado
      • Morgan County
      • This Goodrich is located in Morgan County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Goodrich.
    • Idaho
      • Adams County
      • This Goodrich is located in Adams County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the west of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Goodrich.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee County
      • This Goodrich is located in Kankakee County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Goodrich.
    • Kansas
      • Linn County
      • This Goodrich is located in Linn County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Goodrich.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Goodrich is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Goodrich.
    • Michigan
      • Genesee County
      • This Goodrich is located in Genesee County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Goodrich.
      • Lake 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 Michigan community of Goodrich [Lake County].
      • Manistee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodrich [Manistee County].
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodrich [Marquette County].
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodrich [Mason County].
      • Oceana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodrich [Oceana County].
    • New York
      • Tioga County
      • This Goodrich is located in Tioga County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Goodrich.
    • North Dakota
      • Sheridan County
      • This Goodrich is located in Sheridan County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Goodrich.
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman County
      • This Goodrich is located in Hickman County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Goodrich.
    • Texas
      • Polk County
      • This Goodrich is located in Polk County and lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Goodrich that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Goodrich.
    • Washington
      • Grant 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 Washington community of Goodrich [Grant County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodrich ...

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.

  • Edgar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Edgar is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
  • Little Black
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Little Black is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Black
  • Little Chicago
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Chicago is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
  • Queenstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Queenstown is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
  • Rib Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
  • Rib Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
  • Schnappsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Schnappsville is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnappsville
  • Stetsonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Swan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Swan is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan

How Far From Goodrich 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 Goodrich to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goodrich and extending to:

  • Medford, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Goodrich to Medford, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goodrich) 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 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 Goodrich 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 Goodrich 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 Goodrich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1494, Longitude: -90.0857       In this case, the coordinates for Goodrich have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.063 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.868 degrees.