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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 South Chase, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Chase 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 South Chase:
    • 44.689993, -88.151214
    • 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 South Chase
  • 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 Oconto County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconto County
    • Since South Chase is near Brown County and also Shawano County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for South Chase

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Chase ...

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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Advance is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
  • Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chase is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Duck Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Green Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Valley is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Howard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
  • Little Suamico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Little Suamico is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Suamico
  • Rose Lawn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
  • Tremble
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tremble is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble

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

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

  • Oconto, which is the Seat of Oconto County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Chase to Oconto, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Chase) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 South Chase 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 South Chase. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6900, Longitude: -88.1512       In this case, the coordinates for South Chase have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.739 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.078 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.979 degrees.