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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 North Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Bay 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 North Bay:
    • 45.146102, -87.082888
    • 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 North Bay
  • 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 Door County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Door County
    • Since North Bay is near Menominee County and also Marinette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette 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 North Bay

Communities Also Named North Bay ...

We found five communities that are also named North Bay.

There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named North Bay.

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 two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Racine County
      • This North Bay is located in Racine County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the North Bay that is located in Door County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of North Bay.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison 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 Mississippi community of North Bay [Harrison County].
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This North Bay is located in Oneida County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<1> to the east of the North Bay that is located in Door County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of North Bay.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Bay lies 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Bay that is located in Door County.
    • Ontario
      • This North Bay lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Bay that is located in Door County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Bay ...

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.

  • Carlsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Carlsville is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsville
  • Cedar River
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Egg Harbor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Egg Harbor is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Fish Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Fish Creek is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
  • Gills Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Gills Rock is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Rock
  • Institute
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Institute is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Institute
  • Sister Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sister Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sister Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
  • Whitefish Bay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Whitefish Bay is located in Door County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitefish Bay

How Far From North Bay 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 village such as North Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sturgeon Bay, which is the Seat of Door County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Bay to Sturgeon Bay, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 183 miles [294.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,751 miles [10,864.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,644 miles [7,473.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Bay) 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 North Bay 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 North Bay 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 North Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1461, Longitude: -87.0829       In this case, the coordinates for North Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.994 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.30 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.265 degrees.