Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sarona, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sarona and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sarona

• 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 Sarona:
  • 45.711062, -91.806561
  • 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 Sarona

• 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 Washburn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washburn County
  • Since Sarona is near Barron County and also Burnett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Barron County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burnett 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 Sarona

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sarona ...

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.

• Birchwood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Earl
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Earl is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
• Edgewater
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Madge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Madge is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
• Rice Lake
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Shell Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
• Spooner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spooner is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people
• Springbrook
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Springbrook is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
• Stone Lake
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sarona and extending to:

• Shell Lake, which is the Seat of Washburn County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Sarona to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,137 miles [9,876.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'