Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Grimms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Grimms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Grimms

• 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 Grimms:
  • 44.153326, -87.902315
  • 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 Grimms

• 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 Manitowoc County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc County
  • Since North Grimms is near Brown County and also Calumet County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet 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 Grimms

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Grimms ...

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.

• Branch
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Branch is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
• Francis Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
• Hickory Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Maple Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Maple Grove is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
• Potter
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Potter is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
• Reedsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
• Rockwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Rockwood is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
• Rube
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rube is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rube
• Wayside
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wayside is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in North Grimms and extending to:

• Manitowoc, which is the Seat of Manitowoc County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Grimms to Manitowoc, with an average speed<2> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'