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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 Waterbury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waterbury 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 Waterbury:
    • 44.385240, -90.598470
    • 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 Waterbury
  • 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Waterbury is near Clark County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford 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 Waterbury

Communities Also Named Waterbury ...

We found seven communities that are also named Waterbury.

Within Wisconsin, the name Waterbury is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Waterbury is located in New Haven County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the east of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Waterbury.
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • This Waterbury is located in Manatee County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Waterbury.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Waterbury is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Waterbury.
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • This Waterbury is located in Dixon County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixon County community of Waterbury.
    • South Dakota
      • Jerauld County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Waterbury [Jerauld County].
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • This Waterbury is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Waterbury.
    • Vermont
      • Washington County
      • This Waterbury is located in Washington County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the east of the Waterbury that is located in Jackson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Waterbury.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waterbury ...

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
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Christie is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
  • Globe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Globe is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Lees Crossing
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lees Crossing is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Crossing
  • Lynn
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynn is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Lynxville
    (9 miles [14.5 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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pray is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
  • Shamrock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shamrock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Shortville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shortville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortville
  • Speck Oaks
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Speck Oaks is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck Oaks

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

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

  • Black River Falls, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Waterbury to Black River Falls, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 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 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waterbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Waterbury 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.
<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 Waterbury 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 Waterbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3852, Longitude: -90.5985       In this case, the coordinates for Waterbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.43 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.954 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.367 degrees.