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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 Hortonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hortonville 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 Hortonville:
- 44.334755, -88.638420
- 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 Hortonville
- 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 Outagamie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie County
- Since Hortonville is near Waupaca County and also Winnebago County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Waupaca 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 Hortonville
Communities Also Named Hortonville ...
We found seven communities that are also named Hortonville.
Within Wisconsin, the name Hortonville 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 ...
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- This Hortonville is located in Hamilton County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hortonville.
- Kansas
- Sheridan 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 Kansas community of Hortonville [Sheridan County].
- Massachusetts
- Bristol County
- This Hortonville is located in Bristol County and lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Hortonville.
- New Mexico
- Otero County
- This Hortonville is located in Otero County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Hortonville.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This Hortonville is located in Sullivan County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the east of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Hortonville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Hortonville lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the east of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- This Hortonville is located in Rutland County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hortonville that is located in Outagamie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Hortonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hortonville ...
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.
- Apple Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dale is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Fox Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gills Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Indian Shores
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Indian Shores is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Shores
- Mackville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mackville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Red Banks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Banks is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Sugar Bush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
- Twelve Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Corners
- Whispering Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whispering Pines is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Hortonville 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 village such as Hortonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hortonville and extending to:
- Appleton, which is the Seat of Outagamie County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hortonville to Appleton, 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 95 miles [152.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 705 miles [1,134.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,845 miles [11,016 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 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 from Point A (ie- Hortonville) 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 Hortonville 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 Hortonville 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 Hortonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3348, Longitude: -88.6384 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.081 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.346 degrees. |
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