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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 Shawano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shawano 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 Shawano:
- 44.774261, -88.603863
- 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 Shawano
- 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 Shawano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
- Since Shawano is near Menominee County and also Waupaca 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 Waupaca 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 Shawano
Communities Also Named Shawano ...
We found two communities that are also named Shawano.
Within Wisconsin, the name Shawano is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Saguache County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Shawano [Saguache County].
- Florida
- Palm Beach County
- This Shawano is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Shawano that is located in Shawano County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Shawano.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shawano ...
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.
- Advance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Advance is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Buckbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buckbee is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckbee
- Cecil
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Embarrass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Hintz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hintz is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hintz
- Legend Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red River is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
How Far From Shawano to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Shawano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shawano and extending to:
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Shawano to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,719 miles [7,594.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Shawano 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. |
| <2> | 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- Shawano) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shawano 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 Shawano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7743, Longitude: -88.6039 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.047 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.439 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.191 degrees. |
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