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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 Rhine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rhine 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 Rhine:
    • 43.862772, -87.956760
    • 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 Rhine
  • 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 Sheboygan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sheboygan County
    • Since Rhine is near Manitowoc County and also Calumet County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet 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 Rhine

Communities Also Named Rhine ...

We found three communities that are also named Rhine.

Within Wisconsin, the name Rhine is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dodge County
      • This Rhine is located in Dodge County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rhine that is located in Sheboygan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Rhine.
    • Kansas
      • Sherman 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 Kansas community of Rhine [Sherman County].
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Rhine [Ashe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rhine ...

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.

  • Elkhart Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Greenbush
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenbush is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • Howards Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
  • Hulls Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hulls Crossing is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulls Crossing
  • Louis Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Louis Corners is located in Manitowoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Corners
  • New Paris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • New Paris is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Paris
  • Plymouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
  • Rockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockville is located in Manitowoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • School Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
  • Spring Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Manitowoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley

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

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

  • Sheboygan, which is the Seat of Sheboygan County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rhine to Sheboygan, 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,732 miles [7,615.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rhine) 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 Rhine 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 Rhine 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 Rhine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8628, Longitude: -87.9568       In this case, the coordinates for Rhine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.627 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.831 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.136 degrees.