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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 Manawa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manawa 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 Manawa:
    • 44.461092, -88.920385
    • 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 Manawa
  • 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 Waupaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waupaca County
    • Since Manawa is near Outagamie County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano 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 Manawa

Communities Also Named Manawa ...

We found one communities that are also named Manawa.

Within Wisconsin, the name Manawa is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie 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 Iowa community of Manawa [Pottawattamie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Manawa ...

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.

  • Big Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Buckbee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
  • Gills Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
  • Granite City ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
  • Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • King
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • King is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Hope
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Hope is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
  • Marble ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Marble is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Marion
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Marion is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
  • Petersville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Petersville is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
  • Red Banks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Banks is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Sugar Bush
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

How Far From Manawa to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Manawa to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Manawa to Waupaca, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,744 miles [7,634.7 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Manawa 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Manawa) 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 Manawa 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 Manawa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4611, Longitude: -88.9204       In this case, the coordinates for Manawa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.272 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.649 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.455 degrees.