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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 Newbold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newbold 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 Newbold:
    • 45.698010, -89.510137
    • 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 Newbold
  • 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Newbold is near Lincoln County and also Vilas 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 Vilas 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 Newbold

Communities Also Named Newbold ...

We found one communities that are also named Newbold.

Within Wisconsin, the name Newbold is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland 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 North Carolina community of Newbold [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newbold ...

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.

  • Clearwater Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Clearwater Lake is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Lake
  • Crescent Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Crescent Corner is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Corner
  • Eagle River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Eagle River is located in Vilas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
  • Enterprise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Gagen
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gagen is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
  • Goodnow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Goodnow is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow
  • Lake Tomahawk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
  • Rhinelander
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
  • Starks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Starks is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
  • Sugar Camp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp
  • Sunflower
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunflower is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
  • Three Lakes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Three Lakes is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
  • Tomahawk
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,133 people

How Far From Newbold to ...

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

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

  • Rhinelander, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Newbold to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,062 miles [9,755.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 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 Newbold 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Newbold) 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 Newbold 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 Newbold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6980, Longitude: -89.5101       In this case, the coordinates for Newbold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.65 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.254 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.389 degrees.