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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 Kolb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kolb 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 Kolb:
    • 44.422771, -87.963156
    • 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 Kolb
  • 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 Kolb is near Manitowoc County and also Kewaunee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee 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 Kolb

Communities Also Named Kolb ...

We found one communities that are also named Kolb.

Within Wisconsin, the name Kolb is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Kolb in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah 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 Alabama community of Kolb [Etowah County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kolb ...

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.

  • Chapel Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Denmark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Denmark is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
  • Duck Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Greenleaf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenleaf is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • Henrysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Henrysville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Hickory Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Hobart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hobart is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
  • Humboldt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Humboldt is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Lark
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lark is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
  • Little Rapids
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Little Rapids is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
  • Poland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Poland is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Sugar Bush
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kolb and extending to:

  • Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kolb to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 679 miles [1,092.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,071 miles [9,770.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Kolb 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kolb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Kolb 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 Kolb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4228, Longitude: -87.9632       In this case, the coordinates for Kolb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.618 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.902 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.964 degrees.