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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 Humboldt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Humboldt 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 Humboldt:
    • 44.501939, -87.825929
    • 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 Humboldt
  • 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Since Humboldt is near Kewaunee County and also Manitowoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc 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 Humboldt

Communities Also Named Humboldt ...

We found twenty communities that are also named Humboldt.

Within Wisconsin, the name Humboldt is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Humboldt is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Humboldt.
    • California
      • Humboldt 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 California community of Humboldt [Humboldt County].
    • Illinois
      • Coles County
      • This Humboldt is located in Coles County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the south of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Humboldt.
      • Cook County
      • This Humboldt is located in Cook County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the south of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Humboldt.
    • Iowa
      • Humboldt County
      • This Humboldt is located in Humboldt County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Humboldt.
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • This Humboldt is located in Allen County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Humboldt.
      • Geary 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 Humboldt [Geary County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • This Humboldt is located in Marquette County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the north of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Humboldt.
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • This Humboldt is located in Kittson County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Humboldt.
      • Marshall 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 Minnesota community of Humboldt [Marshall County].
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Pulaski County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Humboldt.
      • Reynolds 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 Missouri community of Humboldt [Reynolds County].
    • Nebraska
      • Richardson County
      • This Humboldt is located in Richardson County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richardson County community of Humboldt.
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt 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 Nevada community of Humboldt [Humboldt County].
      • Pershing County
      • This Humboldt is located in Pershing County and lies 1,561 miles [2,512.2 km]<1> to the west of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pershing County community of Humboldt.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Humboldt is located in Ross County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Humboldt.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Humboldt is located in Luzerne County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Humboldt.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Humboldt lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha County
      • This Humboldt is located in Minnehaha County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the west of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Minnehaha County community of Humboldt.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Humboldt is located in Gibson County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the south of the Humboldt that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Humboldt.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Humboldt ...

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.

  • Champion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Champion is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Chapel Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Denmark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Denmark is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
  • Edgewater Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Henrysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Henrysville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Poland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Poland is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Red Banks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Red Banks is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Ryans Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
  • Sugar Bush
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

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

  • Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Humboldt to Green Bay, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 126 miles [202.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 676 miles [1,087.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Humboldt) 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 Humboldt 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>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 Humboldt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Humboldt 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 Humboldt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5019, Longitude: -87.8259       In this case, the coordinates for Humboldt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.522 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.805 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.867 degrees.