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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 Clayton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Clayton 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 Clayton:
    • 43.380812, -90.709573
    • 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 Clayton
  • 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 Crawford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
    • Since North Clayton is near Vernon County and also Richland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland 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 Clayton

Communities Also Named North Clayton ...

We found two communities that are also named North Clayton.

Within Wisconsin, the name North Clayton is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This North Clayton is located in Clayton County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the North Clayton that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of North Clayton.
    • Ohio
      • Miami 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 Ohio community of North Clayton [Miami County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Clayton ...

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.

  • Bell Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bell Center is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Center
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
  • Bosstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bosstown is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosstown
  • Five Points
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Gays Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Jimtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jimtown is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Pine Knob
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pine Knob is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knob
  • Readstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Readstown is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
  • Rolling Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Ground is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ground
  • Soldiers Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Soldiers Grove is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 535 people
  • Sugar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove

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

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

  • Prairie du Chien, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Clayton to Prairie du Chien, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 69 miles [111 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 774 miles [1,245.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,966 miles [11,210.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,860 miles [7,821.4 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 Clayton) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Clayton 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 Clayton 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 Clayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3808, Longitude: -90.7096       In this case, the coordinates for North Clayton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.511 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.908 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.706 degrees.