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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 Sugar Bush, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Bush 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 Sugar Bush:
    • 44.501707, -87.785521
    • 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 Sugar Bush
  • 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
    • Since Sugar Bush is near Kewaunee County and also Manitowoc County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manitowoc 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 Sugar Bush

Communities Also Named Sugar Bush ...

We found one communities that are also named Sugar Bush.

There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Sugar Bush.

Beyond Wisconsin.

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Outagamie County
      • This Sugar Bush is located in Outagamie County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the west of the Sugar Bush that is located in Brown County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Sugar Bush.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Bush ...

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.

  • Champion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Champion is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
  • Chapel Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Edgewater Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Henrysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Henrysville is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
  • Humboldt
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Humboldt is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
  • Poland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Banks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Banks is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
  • Ryans Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugar Bush and extending to:

  • Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sugar Bush to Green Bay, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Bush) 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 Sugar Bush 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 Sugar Bush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5017, Longitude: -87.7855    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.495 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.773 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.846 degrees.