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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 White Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Lake 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 White Lake:
    • 45.163304, -88.766496
    • 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 White Lake
  • 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 Langlade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Langlade County
    • Since White Lake is near Menominee County and also Oconto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menominee 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 White Lake

Communities Also Named White Lake ...

We found eight communities that are also named White Lake.

Within Wisconsin, the name White Lake is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This White Lake lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
    • Manitoba
      • This White Lake lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This White Lake is located in Oakland County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of White Lake.
    • New York
      • Oneida 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 New York community of White Lake [Oneida County].
      • Sullivan County
      • This White Lake is located in Sullivan County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of White Lake.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This White Lake is located in Bladen County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of White Lake.
    • Ontario
      • This White Lake lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the east of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
    • South Dakota
      • Aurora County
      • This White Lake is located in Aurora County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the west of the White Lake that is located in Langlade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aurora County community of White Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Lake ...

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.

  • Bonita
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bonita is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Elton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Elton is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Four Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Four Corners is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Freeman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mountain is located in Oconto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
  • Pickerel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickerel is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel
  • Polar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Polar is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polar
  • Sherry Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sherry Junction is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry Junction

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

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

  • Antigo, which is the Seat of Langlade County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from White Lake to Antigo, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- White Lake) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 White Lake 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 White Lake 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 White Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1633, Longitude: -88.7665       In this case, the coordinates for White Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.149 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.61 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.156 degrees.