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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 Prentice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prentice and the surrounding area.
- 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 Prentice:
- 45.545989, -90.289085
- 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 Prentice
- 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 Prentice is near Lincoln County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Prentice
Communities Also Named Prentice ...
We found four communities that are also named Prentice.
Within Wisconsin, the name Prentice is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Morgan County
- This Prentice is located in Morgan County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the south of the Prentice that is located in Price County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Prentice.
- Ohio
- Lucas 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 Ohio community of Prentice [Lucas County].
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Prentice [Wood County].
- Pennsylvania
- Venango 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 Pennsylvania community of Prentice [Venango County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prentice ...
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.
- Cranberry Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Lake is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
- Dover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Jump River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kaiser ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kaiser is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiser
- Park Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Park Falls is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
- Queenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Rib Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Spirit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spirit is located in Price County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
- Spirit Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Falls
- Tomahawk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tripoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tripoli is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
How Far From Prentice to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Prentice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prentice and extending to:
- Phillips, which is the Seat of Price County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Prentice to Phillips, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 816 miles [1,313.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prentice) 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 Prentice 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 Prentice, 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 Prentice 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 Prentice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5460, Longitude: -90.2891 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.197 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.852 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.859 degrees. |
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