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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 Yarnell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yarnell and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Yarnell:
    • 45.726901, -91.419329
    • 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 Yarnell
  • 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 Sawyer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sawyer County
    • Since Yarnell is near Washburn County and also Barron 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 Barron 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 Yarnell

Communities Also Named Yarnell ...

We found four communities that are also named Yarnell.

Within Wisconsin, the name Yarnell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Yarnell is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yarnell that is located in Sawyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Yarnell.
    • Montana
      • Lincoln County
      • This Yarnell is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Yarnell that is located in Sawyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Yarnell.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Yarnell [Lane County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • This Yarnell is located in Centre County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Yarnell that is located in Sawyer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Yarnell.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yarnell ...

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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Birchwood is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 426 people
  • Chief Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Chief Lake is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chief Lake
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgewater is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Imalone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Imalone is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imalone
  • Little Round Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Little Round Lake is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Round Lake
  • Madge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Madge is located in Washburn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madge
  • Meteor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meteor is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
  • Reserve
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Reserve is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Stone Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Lake is located in Sawyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Lake

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

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

  • Hayward, which is the Seat of Sawyer County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Yarnell to Hayward, 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 6 hours.
  • Madison, which is the State Capital of Wisconsin, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 870 miles [1,400.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,877 miles [11,067.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 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- Yarnell) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Yarnell 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 Yarnell 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 Yarnell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7269, Longitude: -91.4193       In this case, the coordinates for Yarnell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.987 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.773 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.422 degrees.