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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 Petersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Petersville 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 Petersville:
    • 44.538310, -89.183445
    • 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 Petersville
  • 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 Petersville is near Portage County and also Marathon 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 Marathon 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 Petersville

Communities Also Named Petersville ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Petersville.

Within Wisconsin, the name Petersville is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Petersville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the south of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Petersville.
    • Alaska
      • This Petersville lies 2,682 miles [4,316.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
    • Illinois
      • Mercer County
      • This Petersville is located in Mercer County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Petersville.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Petersville is located in Bartholomew County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Petersville.
    • Iowa
      • Clinton County
      • This Petersville is located in Clinton County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Petersville.
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis County
      • This Petersville is located in Lewis County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Petersville.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Petersville is located in Frederick County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Petersville.
    • Michigan
      • Benzie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Petersville [Benzie County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This Petersville is located in Franklin County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Petersville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Petersville.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Petersville is located in Davidson County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Petersville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Petersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Petersville is located in Butler County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Petersville.
      • Northampton County
      • This Petersville is located in Northampton County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the east southeast of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Petersville.
    • Texas
      • DeWitt County
      • This Petersville is located in DeWitt County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Petersville that is located in Waupaca County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeWitt County community of Petersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Petersville ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Chain O' Lakes is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O' Lakes
  • Granite City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Granite City is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
  • Granite Quarry ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite Quarry is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • Hunting
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunting is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting
  • Indian Crossing
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Indian Crossing is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • King
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • King is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Little Hope is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
  • Little Waupon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Waupon is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Waupon
  • Marble ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Marble is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Peru
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peru is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Rural
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Rural is located in Waupaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
  • Shantytown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Shantytown is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shantytown
  • Split Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Split Rock is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Petersville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Petersville and extending to:

  • Waupaca, which is the Seat of Waupaca County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Petersville to Waupaca, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,856 miles [11,033.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Petersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Petersville 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Petersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Petersville 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 Petersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5383, Longitude: -89.1834       In this case, the coordinates for Petersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.451 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.863 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.571 degrees.