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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 Navarino, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Navarino 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 Navarino:
    • 44.611098, -88.492045
    • 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 Navarino
  • 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 Shawano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
    • Since Navarino is near Outagamie County and also Waupaca 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 Waupaca 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 Navarino

Communities Also Named Navarino ...

We found one communities that are also named Navarino.

Within Wisconsin, the name Navarino is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Navarino is located in Onondaga County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the east of the Navarino that is located in Shawano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Navarino.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Navarino ...

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.

  • Advance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Advance is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
  • Cecil
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cecil is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
  • Embarrass
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
  • Five Corners
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Corners is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Rose Lawn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
  • Slab City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Slab City is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
  • Sugar Bush
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
  • Twelve Corners
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Twelve Corners is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Corners

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

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

  • Shawano, which is the Seat of Shawano County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Navarino to Shawano, with an average speed<2> 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 115 miles [185.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,721 miles [7,597.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Navarino) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Navarino 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 Navarino. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6111, Longitude: -88.4920       In this case, the coordinates for Navarino have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.975 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.333 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.183 degrees.