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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 Ogdensburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg:
    • 44.453870, -89.032333
    • 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 Ogdensburg
  • 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 Ogdensburg is near Portage County and also Outagamie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie 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 Ogdensburg

Communities Also Named Ogdensburg ...

We found five communities that are also named Ogdensburg.

Within Wisconsin, the name Ogdensburg is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Riley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ogdensburg [Riley County].
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ogdensburg [Sussex County].
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Ogdensburg is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the east of the Ogdensburg that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Ogdensburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Ogdensburg is located in Tioga County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Ogdensburg that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Ogdensburg.
    • Quebec
      • This Ogdensburg lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km]<2> to the east of the Ogdensburg that is located in Waupaca County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ogdensburg ...

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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Big Falls is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Chain O' Lakes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Chain O' Lakes is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O' Lakes
  • Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • Indian Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Crossing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • King
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • King is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Little Hope is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
  • Little Wolf ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
  • Marble ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Marble is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Petersville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersville is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
  • Rural
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural

How Far From Ogdensburg to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Ogdensburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ogdensburg 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 726 miles [1,168.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,854 miles [11,030.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ogdensburg 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ogdensburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Ogdensburg 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 Ogdensburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4539, Longitude: -89.0323       In this case, the coordinates for Ogdensburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.349 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.735 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.517 degrees.