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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 Ojibwa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ojibwa and the surrounding area.
- 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 Ojibwa:
- 45.798016, -91.116829
- 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 Ojibwa
- 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 Sawyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer County
- Since Ojibwa is near Rusk County and also Washburn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washburn 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 Ojibwa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ojibwa ...
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.
- Chief Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
- Edgewater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Hay Stack Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Stack Corner
- Imalone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Imalone is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imalone
- Little Round Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
- Meteor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Meteor is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
- Reserve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reserve is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
- Winter
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Winter is located in Sawyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
How Far From Ojibwa 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 Ojibwa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ojibwa and extending to:
- Hayward, which is the Seat of Sawyer County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ojibwa to Hayward, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 860 miles [1,384 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,770 miles [7,676.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ojibwa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ojibwa 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 Ojibwa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7980, Longitude: -91.1168 In this case, the coordinates for Ojibwa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.773 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.54 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.235 degrees. |
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