Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Little Round Lake:
  • 45.964954, -91.367950
  • 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 Little Round Lake

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Round Lake ...

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.

• Cable
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Cable is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
• Chief Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
• Earl
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Earl is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
• Edgewater
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Leonards
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Leonards is located in Bayfield County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
• Meteor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Meteor is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
• Reserve
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Reserve is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
• Springbrook
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Springbrook is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
• Stone Lake
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake
• Winter
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Winter is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people

How Far From Little Round Lake 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 Little Round Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Hayward, which is the Seat of Sawyer County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Little Round Lake to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 876 miles [1,409.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'