Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Oxbo:
  • 45.862736, -90.704328
  • 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 Oxbo

• 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 Oxbo is near Price County and also Ashland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Price County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland 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 Oxbo

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oxbo ...

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.

• Butternut
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Butternut is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Hay Stack Corner
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hay Stack Corner is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Stack Corner
• Kaiser ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Kaiser is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
• Kennedy
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kennedy is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Lake
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
• Park Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Park Falls is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
• Peeksville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Peeksville is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
• Winter
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Winter is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people

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

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

• Hayward, which is the Seat of Sawyer County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oxbo to Hayward, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 203 miles [326.7 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 845 miles [1,359.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,093 miles [9,805.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'