Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Parkland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parkland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Parkland
- 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 Parkland:
- 46.647718, -91.997690
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Parkland
- 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 Douglas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Douglas County
- Since Parkland is near Saint Louis County and also Carlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- eBird sighting report for Carlton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Parkland ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Parkland.
Within Wisconsin, the name Parkland is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Parkland lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Parkland that is located in Douglas County.
- British Columbia
- This Parkland lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Parkland that is located in Douglas County.
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Parkland is located in Broward County and lies 1,544 miles [2,484.8 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Parkland that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Parkland.
- Hillsborough County
- This Parkland is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km] to the south southeast of the Parkland that is located in Douglas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Parkland.
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parkland ...
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.
- Cutter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Gary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Oliver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Poplar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
- Poplar is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Riverview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Superior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Superior is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,213 people
- Superior Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Superior Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior Village
- Superior Village is located in Douglas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 713 people
How Far From Parkland 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 Parkland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parkland and extending to:
- Superior, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Parkland to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 925 miles [1,488.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,096 miles [9,810.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,765 miles [7,668.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Douglas County: www.douglascountywi.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Parkland 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6477, Longitude: -91.9977 In this case, the coordinates for Parkland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Parkland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.38 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.345 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.472 degrees. |