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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 Whittlesey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whittlesey 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 Whittlesey:
    • 45.223024, -90.328755
    • 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 Whittlesey
  • 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Since Whittlesey is near Clark County and also Price 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 Price 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 Whittlesey

Communities Also Named Whittlesey ...

We found one communities that are also named Whittlesey.

Within Wisconsin, the name Whittlesey is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Whittlesey in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Whittlesey [Medina County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whittlesey ...

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.

  • Cherokee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Cherokee is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
  • Clark
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clark is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Hannibal
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hannibal is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Little Black
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Little Black is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Black
  • Queenstown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Queenstown is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
  • Rib Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rib Lake is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rib Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 861 people
  • Schnappsville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Schnappsville is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnappsville
  • Spirit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Spirit is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
  • Spirit Falls
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Spirit Falls is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit Falls
  • Stetsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Stetsonville is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Swan
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Swan is located in Marathon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Whittlesey and extending to:

  • Medford, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the South.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Whittlesey to Madison, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 807 miles [1,298.7 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 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,765 miles [7,668.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Whittlesey 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.
<2>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- Whittlesey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Whittlesey 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 Whittlesey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2230, Longitude: -90.3288       In this case, the coordinates for Whittlesey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.231 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.845 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.977 degrees.