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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 Suring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suring 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 Suring:
- 44.999869, -88.371024
- 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 Suring
- 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 Suring is near Shawano County and also Menominee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shawano County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee 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 Suring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Suring ...
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.
- Bonita
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonita is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Breed
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cecil is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 548 people
- Frostville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hintz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hintz is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hintz
- Kelly Brook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kelly Brook is located in Oconto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Brook
- Legend Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
- Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spruce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Suring 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 village such as Suring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Suring and extending to:
- Oconto, which is the Seat of Oconto County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Suring to Oconto, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 142 miles [228.5 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 717 miles [1,153.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,057 miles [9,747.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,700 miles [7,563.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Suring) 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 Suring 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 Suring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9999, Longitude: -88.3710 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.882 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.283 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.997 degrees. |
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