Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Thornapple, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thornapple and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Thornapple
- 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 Thornapple:
- 45.409687, -91.219596
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Thornapple
- 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 Rusk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Since Thornapple is near Chippewa County and also Barron County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Chippewa County
- eBird sighting report for Barron 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Thornapple ...
We found one communities that share the name Thornapple.
Within Wisconsin, the name Thornapple is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Thornapple in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Barry 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 Michigan community of Thornapple [Barry County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thornapple ...
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.
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Donald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Glen Flora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Flora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Flora
- Glen Flora is located in Rusk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Horseman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Imalone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Island Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Lake
- Island Lake is located in Rusk County
- Jump River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jump River
- Jump River is located in Taylor County
- Ladysmith
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Meteor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Ruby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Thornapple 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 Thornapple to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Thornapple and extending to:
- Ladysmith, which is the Seat of Rusk County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Thornapple to Madison, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 852 miles [1,371.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thornapple. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Rusk County: www.ruskcounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Thornapple 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | 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- Thornapple) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thornapple. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4097, Longitude: -91.2196 In this case, the coordinates for Thornapple have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Thornapple to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.851 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.575 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.405 degrees. |