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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 Reeve, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reeve 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 Reeve:
    • 45.238573, -92.126017
    • 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 Reeve
  • 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 Barron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barron County
    • Since Reeve is near Polk County and also Dunn County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dunn 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 Reeve

Communities Also Named Reeve ...

We found four communities that are also named Reeve.

Within Wisconsin, the name Reeve is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Martin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Reeve [Martin County].
    • Iowa
      • Franklin County
      • This Reeve is located in Franklin County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Reeve that is located in Barron County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Reeve.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Reeve [Anderson County].
    • Manitoba
      • 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 Manitoba community of Reeve.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Reeve ...

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.

  • Clear Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Clear Lake is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,099 people
  • Cylon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cylon is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylon
  • Deer Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Deer Park is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Emerald
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
  • Emerald Station
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald Station is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Station
  • Forest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest is located in Saint Croix County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Graytown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Graytown is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
  • Joel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Joel is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
  • Prairie Farm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Prairie Farm is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Farm
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
  • Range
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Range is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
  • Turtle Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Turtle Lake is located in Barron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people

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

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

  • Barron, which is the Seat of Barron County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Reeve to Barron, with an average speed<4> 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 201 miles [323.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,926 miles [11,146.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,832 miles [7,776.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Reeve 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Reeve) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Reeve, 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 Reeve 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 Reeve. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2386, Longitude: -92.1260       In this case, the coordinates for Reeve have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.49 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.278 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.948 degrees.