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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 Lombard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lombard 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 Lombard:
    • 44.959135, -90.739302
    • 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 Lombard
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Lombard is near Taylor County and also Chippewa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chippewa 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 Lombard

Communities Also Named Lombard ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lombard.

Within Wisconsin, the name Lombard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Napa County
      • This Lombard is located in Napa County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Lombard.
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel County
      • This Lombard is located in Emanuel County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emanuel County community of Lombard.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • This Lombard is located in DuPage County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Lombard.
    • Kansas
      • Greeley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lombard [Greeley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Powell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lombard [Powell County].
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Lombard is located in Cecil County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Lombard.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater County
      • This Lombard is located in Broadwater County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Lombard.
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Lombard is located in Chautauqua County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Lombard that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Lombard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lombard ...

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.

  • Clark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clark is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Greenwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
  • Hannibal
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hannibal is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Hemlock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hemlock is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
  • Junction
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Junction is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Longwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Longwood is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Loyal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Loyal is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
  • Maple Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Maple Hill is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Ruby
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruby is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Stanley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Stanley is located in Chippewa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,705 people

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

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

  • Neillsville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lombard to Neillsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lombard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Lombard 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.
<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 Lombard 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 Lombard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9591, Longitude: -90.7393       In this case, the coordinates for Lombard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.521 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.138 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.276 degrees.