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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 Jewett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jewett 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 Jewett:
    • 45.117465, -92.436305
    • 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 Jewett
  • 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 Saint Croix County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Croix County
    • Since Jewett is near Polk County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Jewett

Communities Also Named Jewett ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Jewett.

Within Wisconsin, the name Jewett is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Imperial County
      • 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 California community of Jewett [Imperial County].
    • Illinois
      • Cumberland County
      • This Jewett is located in Cumberland County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Jewett.
    • Kansas
      • Linn County
      • 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 Kansas community of Jewett [Linn County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Jewett is located in York County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<2> to the east of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Jewett.
    • Missouri
      • Madison County
      • This Jewett is located in Madison County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<2> to the south of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Jewett.
    • New Mexico
      • Catron County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Catron County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Jewett.
      • San Juan County
      • This community is historic and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Jewett.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Jewett is located in Greene County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<2> to the east of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Jewett.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This Jewett is located in Harrison County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Jewett.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Jewett is located in Cumberland County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Jewett.
    • Texas
      • Leon County
      • This Jewett is located in Leon County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Jewett that is located in Saint Croix County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Jewett.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jewett ...

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.

  • Boardman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Boardman is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
  • Cylon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
  • Deer Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Emerald
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Emerald Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Emerald Station is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Station
  • Erin Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Erin Corner is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Corner
  • Forest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Forest is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Star Prairie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Star Prairie is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people

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

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

  • Hudson, which is the Seat of Saint Croix County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jewett to Hudson, with an average speed<4> 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 206 miles [331.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,188 miles [9,958.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,942 miles [11,172.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,849 miles [7,803.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Jewett 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jewett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Jewett, 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 Jewett 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 Jewett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1175, Longitude: -92.4363       In this case, the coordinates for Jewett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.71 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.511 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.151 degrees.