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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 Three Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Three Lakes 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 Three Lakes:
    • 45.798290, -89.162905
    • 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 Three Lakes
  • 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Three Lakes is near Vilas County and also Forest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Vilas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forest 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 Three Lakes

Communities Also Named Three Lakes ...

We found four communities that are also named Three Lakes.

There is one other community in Wisconsin that is also named Three Lakes.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Wisconsin ...
    • Forest 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 Wisconsin community of Three Lakes [Forest County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Three Lakes is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,473 miles [2,370.6 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Three Lakes that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Three Lakes.
    • Michigan
      • Baraga County
      • This Three Lakes is located in Baraga County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the northeast of the Three Lakes that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baraga County community of Three Lakes.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish County
      • This Three Lakes is located in Snohomish County and lies 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Three Lakes that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of Three Lakes.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Three Lakes ...

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.

  • Clearwater Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clearwater Lake is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater Lake
  • Eagle River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle River is located in Vilas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,582 people
  • Enterprise
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Enterprise is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Gagen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gagen is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
  • Jennings
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jennings is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
  • Lake Tomahawk
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake Tomahawk is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tomahawk
  • Pelican Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
  • Pratt Junction
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Pratt Junction is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Junction
  • Rhinelander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rhinelander is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,637 people
  • Starks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Starks is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks
  • Sugar Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sugar Camp is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp

How Far From Three Lakes 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 Three Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rhinelander, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Three Lakes to Rhinelander, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 779 miles [1,253.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 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 Three Lakes 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Three Lakes) 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 Three Lakes 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 Three Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7983, Longitude: -89.1629       In this case, the coordinates for Three Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.406 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.991 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.169 degrees.