Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Nowell:
  • 44.489424, -88.798156
  • 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 Nowell

• 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 Waupaca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Waupaca County
  • Since Nowell is near Outagamie County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano 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 Nowell

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nowell ...

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.

• Big Falls
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Buckbee
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
• Embarrass
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
• Gills Landing
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
• Granite City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
• Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
• Little Wolf ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
• Marble ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marble is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
• Marion
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Marion is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
• Red Banks
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Red Banks is located in Waupaca County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
• Sugar Bush
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Nowell once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nowell and extending to:

• Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nowell to Waupaca, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'