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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 Hazelhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst:
- 45.807627, -89.724846
- 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 Hazelhurst
- 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Since Hazelhurst is near Vilas County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vilas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Hazelhurst
Communities Also Named Hazelhurst ...
We found six communities that are also named Hazelhurst.
Within Wisconsin, the name Hazelhurst is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the south of the Hazelhurst that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Hazelhurst.
- Georgia
- Appling 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 Georgia community of Hazelhurst [Appling County].
- Illinois
- Carroll County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Carroll County and lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the south of the Hazelhurst that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Hazelhurst.
- Maryland
- Garrett County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Garrett County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hazelhurst that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Hazelhurst.
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Berrien County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hazelhurst that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Hazelhurst.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Hazelhurst is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hazelhurst that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Hazelhurst.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazelhurst ...
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.
- Boulder Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Boulder Junction is located in Vilas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Junction
- Crescent Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
- Goodnow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodnow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
- Lake Tomahawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
- Rhinelander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sunflower
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunflower is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Tripoli
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tripoli is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
How Far From Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hazelhurst and extending to:
- Rhinelander, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hazelhurst to Rhinelander, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 802 miles [1,290.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,717 miles [7,591.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Hazelhurst) 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 Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8076, Longitude: -89.7248 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.797 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.435 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.472 degrees. |
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