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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 Nelsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville:
    • 44.654129, -91.569883
    • 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 Nelsonville
  • 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 Eau Claire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire County
    • Since Nelsonville is near Trempealeau County and also Buffalo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trempealeau County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buffalo 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 Nelsonville

Communities Also Named Nelsonville ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Nelsonville.

There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Nelsonville.

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

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Portage County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Portage County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the east of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Nelsonville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin 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 Alabama community of Nelsonville [Franklin County].
    • Alaska
      • This Nelsonville lies 2,884 miles [4,641.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Sharp County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the south of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Nelsonville.
    • Kentucky
      • Nelson County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Nelson County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Nelsonville.
    • Michigan
      • Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Nelsonville [Schoolcraft County].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Marion County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the south of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Nelsonville.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Monmouth County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Nelsonville.
    • New York
      • Putnam County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Putnam County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the east of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Nelsonville.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Athens County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Nelsonville.
    • Texas
      • Austin County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Austin County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Eau Claire County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Nelsonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nelsonville ...

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.

  • Allen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Allen is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Caryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Caryville is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryville
  • Falls City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Falls City is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Lookout
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lookout is located in Buffalo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
  • Nix Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Nix Corner is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Corner
  • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Rock Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Falls is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Falls
  • Union
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Nelsonville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Nelsonville and extending to:

  • Eau Claire, which is the Seat of Eau Claire County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nelsonville to Eau Claire, with an average speed<4> 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 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,183 miles [9,950.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,837 miles [7,784.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Nelsonville) 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 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 Nelsonville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nelsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6541, Longitude: -91.5699       In this case, the coordinates for Nelsonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.104 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.758 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.81 degrees.