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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 Mount View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount View 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 Mount View:
    • 44.951635, -89.726791
    • 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 Mount View
  • 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 Marathon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marathon County
    • Since Mount View is near Lincoln County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Mount View

Communities Also Named Mount View ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Mount View.

Within Wisconsin, the name Mount View is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Mount View is located in Blount County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Mount View.
      • Cullman County
      • This Mount View is located in Cullman County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km] to the south southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Mount View.
    • California
      • Contra Costa 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 California community of Mount View [Contra Costa County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Mount View lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • This Mount View is located in Comanche County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Mount View.
    • Ontario
      • This Mount View lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the east of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson 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 Oregon community of Mount View [Jackson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Mount View is located in Cumberland County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Mount View.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Mount View is located in Washington County and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the east of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mount View.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Mount View is located in Greenville County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Mount View.
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Mount View is located in Davidson County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Mount View.
      • Grundy County
      • This Mount View is located in Grundy County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the south southeast of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Mount View.
      • Scott 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 Tennessee community of Mount View [Scott County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Mount View is located in Davis County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Mount View.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Mount View is located in King County and lies 1,556 miles [2,504.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount View that is located in Marathon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Mount View.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount View ...

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.

  • Edgar
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Edgar is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
  • Evergreen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Granite Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite Heights is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Heights
  • Kelly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Kelly is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Little Chicago
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Chicago is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
  • Marathon City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
  • Nutterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Nutterville is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
  • Rib Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rib Falls is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Falls
  • Rib Mountain
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain

How Far From Mount View 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 community such as Mount View to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wausau, which is the Seat of Marathon County, lies just to the East.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Mount View to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 773 miles [1,244 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount View) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mount View 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 Mount View 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 Mount View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9516, Longitude: -89.7268       In this case, the coordinates for Mount View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.818 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.338 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.735 degrees.