Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Jennings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jennings and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jennings
- 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 Jennings:
- 45.507777, -89.071868
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Jennings
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Since Jennings is near Forest County and also Langlade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Forest County
- eBird sighting report for Langlade 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Jennings ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Jennings.
Within Wisconsin, the name Jennings is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Jennings [Calcasieu Parish].
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- This Jennings is located in Jefferson Davis Parish and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Jennings that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis Parish community of Jennings.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Jennings is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Jennings that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Jennings.
- Garrett County
- This Jennings is located in Garrett County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the southeast of the Jennings that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Jennings.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jennings ...
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.
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Oneida County
- Gagen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gagen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
- Gagen is located in Oneida County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gagen
- From Jennings to Gagen
- Keith ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Mole Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Mole Lake
- From Jennings to Mole Lake
- Pelican Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
- Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pelican Lake
- From Jennings to Pelican Lake
- Pickerel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Post Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
- Post Lake is located in Langlade County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Post Lake
- From Jennings to Post Lake
- Pratt Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pratt Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
- Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
- Starks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Summit Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
- Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
How Far From Jennings 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 Jennings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jennings and extending to:
- Rhinelander, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jennings to Rhinelander, with an average speed<6> 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 five to six hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 764 miles [1,229.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,806 miles [10,953.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jennings. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.wi.gov/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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 Jennings 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> | 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 Jennings, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jennings) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jennings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5078, Longitude: -89.0719 |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Jennings to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.351 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.888 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.212 degrees. |