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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 Sandusky, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sandusky 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 Sandusky:
    • 43.394891, -90.152408
    • 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 Sandusky
  • 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 Sauk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sauk County
    • Since Sandusky is near Richland County and also Iowa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Iowa 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 Sandusky

Communities Also Named Sandusky ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Sandusky.

Within Wisconsin, the name Sandusky is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sandusky is located in Jefferson County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sandusky.
    • Illinois
      • Alexander County
      • This Sandusky is located in Alexander County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the south of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Sandusky.
      • Vermilion 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 Illinois community of Sandusky [Vermilion County].
    • Indiana
      • Decatur County
      • This Sandusky is located in Decatur County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Sandusky.
    • Iowa
      • Lee County
      • This Sandusky is located in Lee County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Sandusky.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Shawnee County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Sandusky.
    • Michigan
      • Sanilac County
      • This Sandusky is located in Sanilac County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the east of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanilac County community of Sandusky.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Sandusky is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the east of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Sandusky.
    • Ohio
      • Erie County
      • This Sandusky is located in Erie County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Sandusky.
    • Texas
      • Grayson County
      • This Sandusky is located in Grayson County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Sandusky.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler County
      • This Sandusky is located in Tyler County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sandusky that is located in Sauk County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Sandusky.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sandusky ...

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.

  • Bear Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hill Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hill Point is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Point
  • Hub City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hub City is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
  • Ithaca
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lime Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Neptune
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Plain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plain is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
  • Reedsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
  • Rockbridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Rockbridge is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
  • Twin Bluffs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs

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

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

  • Baraboo, which is the Seat of Sauk County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sandusky to Baraboo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 748 miles [1,203.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,945 miles [11,176.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 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 from Point A (ie- Sandusky) 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky, 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 Sandusky 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 Sandusky. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3949, Longitude: -90.1524       In this case, the coordinates for Sandusky have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.128 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.474 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.412 degrees.