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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 Kelly Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kelly Brook 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 Kelly Brook:
    • 44.960268, -88.215933
    • 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 Kelly Brook
  • 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 Oconto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconto County
    • Since Kelly Brook is near Shawano County and also Marinette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette 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 Kelly Brook

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelly Brook ...

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.

  • Advance
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Advance is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
  • Breed
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Breed is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
  • Frostville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frostville is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostville
  • Green Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Green Valley is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hickory Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Corners is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
  • Hintz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hintz is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hintz
  • Lena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lena is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
  • Pound
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pound is located in Marinette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
  • Spruce
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Spruce is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce

How Far From Kelly Brook to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kelly Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kelly Brook and extending to:

  • Oconto, which is the Seat of Oconto County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kelly Brook to Oconto, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 142 miles [228.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Kelly Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Kelly Brook 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 Kelly Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9603, Longitude: -88.2159       In this case, the coordinates for Kelly Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.776 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.158 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.927 degrees.