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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 Snells, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snells 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 Snells:
    • 44.141652, -88.490666
    • 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 Snells
  • 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 Winnebago County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winnebago County
    • Since Snells is near Calumet County and also Outagamie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calumet County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Outagamie 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 Snells

Communities Also Named Snells ...

We found one communities that are also named Snells.

Within Wisconsin, the name Snells is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Snells in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg 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 South Carolina community of Snells [Orangeburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snells ...

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.

  • Fox Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Crossing
  • Harbor Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
  • High Cliff ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • High Cliff is located in Calumet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Cliff
  • Indian Shores
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Indian Shores is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Shores
  • Island Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Island Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Beach
  • Leonards Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Leonards Point is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards Point
  • Rainbow Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rainbow Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Beach
  • Rockaway Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Rockaway Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
  • Shangri La Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shangri La Point is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri La Point
  • Stony Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
  • Sunrise Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise Bay is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Bay
  • Sunset Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Calumet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
  • Sunset Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Point is located in Winnebago County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
  • Whispering Pines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Whispering Pines is located in Outagamie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Snells and extending to:

  • Oshkosh, which is the Seat of Winnebago County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Snells to Madison, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 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 Snells 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 '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- Snells) 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 Snells 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 Snells. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1417, Longitude: -88.4907       In this case, the coordinates for Snells have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.984 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.277 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.327 degrees.