Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Wequiock:
  • 44.567439, -87.881157
  • 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 Wequiock

• 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
  • Since Wequiock is near Kewaunee County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kewaunee County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oconto 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 Wequiock

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wequiock ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Champion is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
• Chapel Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel Ridge is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
• Duck Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Duck Creek is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Duck Creek
  • From Wequiock to Duck Creek
• Edgewater Beach
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Edgewater Beach is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
• Henrysville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Henrysville is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
• Howard
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Humboldt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Humboldt is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
• Poland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Poland is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Poland
  • From Wequiock to Poland
• Red Banks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Red Banks is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
• Sugar Bush
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sugar Bush is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Bush
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sugar Bush
  • From Wequiock to Sugar Bush
• Tremble
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tremble is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremble

How Far From Wequiock to ...

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

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

• Green Bay, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Wequiock to Madison, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 681 miles [1,096 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 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'