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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 Pickerel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pickerel 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 Pickerel:
    • 45.359410, -88.910944
    • 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 Pickerel
  • 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 Forest County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest County
    • Since Pickerel is near Langlade County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Langlade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Pickerel

Communities Also Named Pickerel ...

We found three communities that are also named Pickerel.

Within Wisconsin, the name Pickerel is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • This Pickerel lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pickerel that is located in Forest County.
    • South Dakota
      • Day 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 South Dakota community of Pickerel [Day County].
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Pickerel is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pickerel that is located in Forest County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Pickerel.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pickerel ...

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.

  • Carter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Carter is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Deerbrook
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Deerbrook is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Elton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Elton is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Four Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Four Corners is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Freeman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Jennings
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jennings is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Keith ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Keith is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
  • Mole Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mole Lake is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
  • Polar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Polar is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
  • Post Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
  • Pratt Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
  • Sherry Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sherry Junction is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Junction
  • Summit Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Summit Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Lake
  • Woodlawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pickerel and extending to:

  • Crandon, which is the Seat of Forest County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pickerel to Crandon, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pickerel) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pickerel 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>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.
<4>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 Pickerel 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 Pickerel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3594, Longitude: -88.9109       In this case, the coordinates for Pickerel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.244 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.745 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.172 degrees.