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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 Luxemburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luxemburg 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 Luxemburg:
    • 44.542495, -87.705370
    • 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 Luxemburg
  • 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 Kewaunee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
    • Since Luxemburg is near Brown County and also Door County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Door 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 Luxemburg

Communities Also Named Luxemburg ...

We found five communities that are also named Luxemburg.

Within Wisconsin, the name Luxemburg is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Luxemburg is located in Dubuque County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the southwest of the Luxemburg that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Luxemburg.
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Luxemburg is located in Stearns County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Luxemburg that is located in Kewaunee County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Luxemburg.
    • Mississippi
      • Issaquena 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 Mississippi community of Luxemburg [Issaquena County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Luxemburg [Saint Louis County].
    • Ontario
      • This Luxemburg lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the east of the Luxemburg that is located in Kewaunee County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Luxemburg ...

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.

  • Birchwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Birchwood is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Champion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Champion is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Chapel Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Clyde
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Clyde is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Edgewater Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Henrysville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Henrysville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Humboldt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Humboldt is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Lincoln
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Poland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Poland is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Red Banks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Banks is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Ryans Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
  • Sugar Bush
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

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

  • Kewaunee, which is the Seat of Kewaunee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Luxemburg to Kewaunee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 673 miles [1,083.1 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 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,802 miles [10,946.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Luxemburg) 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 Luxemburg 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 Luxemburg 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 Luxemburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5425, Longitude: -87.7054       In this case, the coordinates for Luxemburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.439 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.716 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.791 degrees.