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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 Granite Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Granite Heights 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 Granite Heights:
- 45.059968, -89.639568
- 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 Granite Heights
- 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 Marathon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marathon County
- Since Granite Heights is near Lincoln County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano 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 Granite Heights
Communities Also Named Granite Heights ...
We found one communities that are also named Granite Heights.
There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Granite Heights.
Beyond Wisconsin.
- Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
- Washington 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 Wisconsin community of Granite Heights [Washington County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Granite Heights ...
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.
- Dutch Corners ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dutch Corners is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Corners
- Kelly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Little Chicago
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little Chicago is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
- Marathon City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Merrill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Merrill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,990 people
- Nutterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Pine River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Rib Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
How Far From Granite Heights 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 community such as Granite Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Granite Heights and extending to:
- Wausau, which is the Seat of Marathon County, lies just to the South.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Granite Heights to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 772 miles [1,242.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,746 miles [7,637.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Granite Heights 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Granite Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Granite Heights 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 Granite Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0600, Longitude: -89.6396 In this case, the coordinates for Granite Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.756 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.283 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.656 degrees. |
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