Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Trow:
  • 44.491629, -90.762643
  • 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 Trow

• 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
  • Since Trow is near Jackson County and also Eau Claire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Eau Claire 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 Trow

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trow ...

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.

• Christie
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Christie is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
• Disco
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Disco is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
• Globe
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Globe is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
• Hay Creek
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
• Lynn
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Lynn is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
• Lynxville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Pray
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Pray is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
• Price
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Price is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
• Shortville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Shortville is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortville
• Speck Oaks
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Oaks

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Trow once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Trow and extending to:

• Neillsville, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Trow to Neillsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'