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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 Nobleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nobleton 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 Nobleton:
- 45.669446, -91.705062
- 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 Nobleton
- 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 Washburn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washburn County
- Since Nobleton is near Barron County and also Sawyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barron County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer 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 Nobleton
Communities Also Named Nobleton ...
We found four communities that are also named Nobleton.
Within Wisconsin, the name Nobleton is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hernando County
- This Nobleton is located in Hernando County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Nobleton that is located in Washburn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hernando County community of Nobleton.
- Iowa
- Polk 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 Iowa community of Nobleton [Polk County].
- Missouri
- Newton County
- Although located in Newton County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Nobleton.
- Ontario
- This Nobleton lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the east of the Nobleton that is located in Washburn County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nobleton ...
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.
- Birchwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Birchwood is located in Washburn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
- Edgewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Horseman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horseman is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseman
- Madge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rice Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rice Lake is located in Barron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
- Shell Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spooner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Nobleton 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 Nobleton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nobleton and extending to:
- Shell Lake, which is the Seat of Washburn County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nobleton to Shell Lake, with an average speed<3> 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 212 miles [341.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,890 miles [11,088.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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- Nobleton) 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 Nobleton 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 Nobleton 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 Nobleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6694, Longitude: -91.7051 In this case, the coordinates for Nobleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.189 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.994 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.596 degrees. |
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