Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Park Falls:
  • 45.933287, -90.445997
  • 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 Park Falls

• 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 Price County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Price County
  • Since Park Falls is near Ashland County and also Sawyer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ashland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer 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 Park Falls

Curious and Interesting Names Near Park Falls ...

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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Butternut is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
• Cranberry Lake
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
• Dover
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
• Kaiser ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kaiser is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
• Kennedy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Kennedy is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
• Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lake is located in Price County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
• Morse
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Morse is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
• Peeksville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Peeksville is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeksville
• Petes Landing
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Petes Landing is located in Ashland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petes Landing

How Far From Park Falls 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 city such as Park Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Phillips, which is the Seat of Price County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Park Falls to Phillips, with an average speed<2> 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 204 miles [328.3 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 836 miles [1,345.4 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 6,081 miles [9,786.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'