Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Franken, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Franken and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Franken

• 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 New Franken:
  • 44.530827, -87.825930
  • 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 New Franken

• 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
  • Since New Franken is near Kewaunee County and also Door County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee 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 New Franken

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Franken ...

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.

• Champion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Champion is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
• Chapel Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
• Edgewater Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
• Henrysville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Henrysville is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
• Humboldt
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Humboldt is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
• Poland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Poland is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
• Red Banks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Red Banks is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
• Sugar Bush
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Franken and extending to:

• Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from New Franken to Green Bay, with an average speed<2> 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 127 miles [204.4 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 677 miles [1,089.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'