Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kennan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kennan and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kennan

• 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 Kennan:
  • 45.530800, -90.586258
  • 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 Kennan

• 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 Price County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Price County
  • Since Kennan is near Rusk County and also Sawyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer 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 Kennan

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kennan ...

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.

• Cranberry Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
• Donald
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Donald is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
• Dover
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dover is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Glen Flora
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
• Hannibal
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannibal is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
• Hay Stack Corner
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Stack Corner
• Jump River
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump River is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
• Queenstown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Queenstown is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
• Rib Lake
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
• Spirit
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Spirit is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit

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

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

• Phillips, which is the Seat of Price County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kennan to Phillips, 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 four to five hours.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,761 miles [7,662.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'