Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Tuscobia:
  • 45.566899, -91.758226
  • 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 Tuscobia

• 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 Barron County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Barron County
  • Since Tuscobia is near Washburn County and also Rusk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washburn County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk 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 Tuscobia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tuscobia ...

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.

• Birchwood
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
• Comstock
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Comstock is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
• Edgewater
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Horseman
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Horseman is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseman
• Madge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Madge is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
• Meteor
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Meteor is located in Sawyer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
• Rice Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rice Lake is located in Barron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,498 people
• Shell Lake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shell Lake is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,318 people
• Spooner
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Spooner is located in Washburn County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spooner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,553 people

How Far From Tuscobia to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tuscobia to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Barron, which is the Seat of Barron County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tuscobia to Barron, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 880 miles [1,416.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,143 miles [9,886.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'