Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Schofield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Schofield and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Schofield
- 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 Schofield:
- 44.915246, -89.612066
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Schofield
- 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 Marathon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Marathon County
- Since Schofield is near Lincoln County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- eBird sighting report for Shawano 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Schofield ...
We found four communities that share the name Schofield.
Within Wisconsin, the name Schofield is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Michigan
- Missouri
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Schofield ...
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.
- Evergreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Granite Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Heights
- Granite Heights is located in Marathon County
- Kelly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Little Eau Claire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Eau Claire have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Eau Claire
- Little Eau Claire is located in Marathon County
- Marathon City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marathon City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
- Marathon City is located in Marathon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
- Moon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Moon is located in Marathon County
- Nutterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutterville
- Nutterville is located in Marathon County
- Rib Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rib Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Mountain
- Rib Mountain is located in Marathon County
- Rocky Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Corners
- Rocky Corners is located in Marathon County
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Marathon County
How Far From Schofield 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 city such as Schofield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Schofield and extending to:
- Wausau, which is the Seat of Marathon County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Schofield to Madison, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,751 miles [7,646 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Schofield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Marathon County: www.co.marathon.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Schofield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Schofield 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Schofield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Schofield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9152, Longitude: -89.6121 In this case, the coordinates for Schofield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Schofield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.739 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.244 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.685 degrees. |