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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 Gurney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gurney 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 Gurney:
- 46.472726, -90.508238
- 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 Gurney
- 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 Iron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Iron County
- Since Gurney is near Ashland County and also Gogebic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gogebic 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 Gurney
Communities Also Named Gurney ...
We found four communities that are also named Gurney.
Within Wisconsin, the name Gurney 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 ...
- Idaho
- Nez Perce County
- This Gurney is located in Nez Perce County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the west of the Gurney that is located in Iron County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nez Perce County community of Gurney.
- Illinois
- Cass 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 Illinois community of Gurney [Cass County].
- Kansas
- Cheyenne 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 Kansas community of Gurney [Cheyenne County].
- Ontario
- This Gurney lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gurney that is located in Iron County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gurney ...
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.
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Birch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Birch is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Cedar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- High Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Bridge is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Hillcrest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Iron Belt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Belt is located in Iron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Belt
- Ironwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jessieville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jessieville is located in Gogebic County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessieville
- Minersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Minersville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Morse
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
How Far From Gurney 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 Gurney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gurney and extending to:
- Hurley, which is the Seat of Iron County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Gurney to Hurley, with an average speed<5> 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 240 miles [386.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 858 miles [1,380.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gurney) 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 Gurney, 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 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 Gurney 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Gurney 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 Gurney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4727, Longitude: -90.5082 In this case, the coordinates for Gurney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.329 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.131 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.695 degrees. |
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