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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 Rubys Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rubys Corner 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 Rubys Corner:
- 45.178907, -87.738875
- 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 Rubys Corner
- 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 Marinette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marinette County
- Since Rubys Corner is near Menominee County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oconto 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 Rubys Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rubys Corner ...
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.
- Birch Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carbondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Nest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eagles Nest is located in Menominee County (MI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,136 people
- May Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- May Corner is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Corner
- Miles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Miles is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Porterfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Porterfield is located in Marinette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterfield
How Far From Rubys Corner 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 Rubys Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rubys Corner and extending to:
- Marinette, which is the Seat of Marinette County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rubys Corner to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,026 miles [9,697.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,668 miles [7,512.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Rubys Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rubys Corner 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 Rubys Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1789, Longitude: -87.7389 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.442 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.811 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.603 degrees. |
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