Near Egg Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Halfway to the North Pole

Photographed by Brian Mensching, June 22, 2009

1. Halfway to the North Pole Marker

Inscription. The 45th parallel (45 Degrees North Latitude) runs through this wayside. This is the midpoint between the equator and North Pole. But because the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles, the distance from the 45th parallel to the North Pole is approximately 3117 miles and to the equator approximately 3105 miles.

Polaris (North Star) is directly above the North Pole. Therefore the angle between this point and Polaris is 45 degrees.

Door County Historical Society – 2000

Erected 2000 by Door County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.

Location. 44° 59.851′ N, 87° 18.931′ W. Marker is near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, in Door County. It can be reached from Egg Harbor Road (State Highway 42) north of Wayside Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is at a wayside. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Egg Harbor WI 54209, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great

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Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Carlsville School District No. 3 (approx. 3.3 miles away); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Egg Harbor (approx. 4 miles away); Cupola House (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity (approx. 6 miles away); Jacksonport United Methodist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); St. Michael the Archangel (approx. 6½ miles away); Erskine Root Cellar (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Egg Harbor.

More about this marker. There are two virtually identical markers. This one, along State Highway 42, and another along State Highway 57 north of Jacksonport. Please see the "Other nearby markers" section for a link to the other marker.

Also see . . . The 45th Parallel. Jacksonport

Photographed by Bob (peach) Weber, July 20, 2012

2. Halfway to the North Pole Marker

plaque, and the original plaque for Egg Harbor. (Submitted on January 21, 2010.)

Marker and wayside image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bob (peach) Weber, July 20, 2012

3. Marker and wayside

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2010, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 3,591 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 22, 2010. 2, 3. submitted on July 21, 2012, by Bob (peach) Weber of Dewey, Arizona. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.