Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tonet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tonet and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tonet

• 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 Tonet:
  • 44.589161, -87.733706
  • 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 Tonet

• 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 Kewaunee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
  • Since Tonet is near Brown County and also Door 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 Door 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 Tonet

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tonet ...

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
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Champion is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
• Chapel Ridge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
• Clyde
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clyde is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
• Edgewater Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
• Humboldt
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Humboldt is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
• Lincoln
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
• Red Banks
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Red Banks is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
• Ryans Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Ryans Corner is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Corner
• Shoemaker Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Shoemaker Point is located in Door County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker Point
• Sugar Bush
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush

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

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

• Kewaunee, which is the Seat of Kewaunee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tonet to Kewaunee, with an average speed<2> 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 four to five hours.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 133 miles [214 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 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 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'