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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Lake 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 Lake:
    • 43.156118, -88.370652
    • 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 Lake
  • 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 Waukesha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Waukesha County
    • Since North Lake is near Dodge County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dodge County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Lake

Communities Also Named North Lake ...

We found ten communities that are also named North Lake.

Within Wisconsin, the name North Lake is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This North Lake is located in Troup County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the North Lake that is located in Waukesha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of North Lake.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook 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 Maine community of North Lake [Aroostook County].
    • Michigan
      • Lapeer 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 Michigan community of North Lake [Lapeer County].
      • Marquette County
      • This North Lake is located in Marquette County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the north of the North Lake that is located in Waukesha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of North Lake.
      • Ontonagon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of North Lake [Ontonagon County].
      • Van Buren County
      • This North Lake is located in Van Buren County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east southeast of the North Lake that is located in Waukesha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of North Lake.
    • New Brunswick
      • This North Lake lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Lake that is located in Waukesha County.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This North Lake lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Lake that is located in Waukesha County.
    • Texas
      • Bandera 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 Texas community of North Lake [Bandera County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of North Lake [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Lake ...

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.

  • Hartland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hartland is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,338 people
  • Lake Five
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Five is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Five
  • Marcy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Marcy is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
  • Meeker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Meeker is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
  • Pike Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Pike Lake is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Lake
  • Rugby Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rugby Junction is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby Junction
  • Sugar Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Island is located in Dodge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Island
  • Summit Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit Corners is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Corners
  • Willow Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Willow Creek is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • Willow Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Willow Springs is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs

How Far From North Lake to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Waukesha, which is the Seat of Waukesha County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Lake to Waukesha, 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 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 4,779 miles [7,691.1 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 from Point A (ie- North Lake) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1561, Longitude: -88.3707       In this case, the coordinates for North Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.918 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.062 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.563 degrees.