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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:
    • 42.764742, -87.780908
    • 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 Racine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Racine County
    • Since North Bay is near Milwaukee County and also Kenosha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Milwaukee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenosha 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 ...
    • Door County
      • This North Bay is located in Door County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the north of the North Bay that is located in Racine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Door 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 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the east of the North Bay that is located in Racine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of North Bay.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This North Bay lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Bay that is located in Racine County.
    • Ontario
      • This North Bay lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Bay that is located in Racine 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.

  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Franksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Franksville is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franksville
  • Kneeland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Kneeland is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kneeland
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
  • Oak Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Raymond
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Raymond is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Union Church
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Union Church is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
  • Union Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Union Grove is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,266 people
  • Wind Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Wind Point is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Point
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,685 people

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:

  • Racine, which is the Seat of Racine County, lies just to the South.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from North Bay to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 620 miles [997.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,145 miles [9,889.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- 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 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 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: 42.7647, Longitude: -87.7809       In this case, the coordinates for North Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.526 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.561 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.379 degrees.