Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Wales, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wales and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wales
- 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 Wales:
- 65.607121, -168.088600
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wales
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wales ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Wales.
Within Alaska, the name Wales is unique.
Beyond Alaska, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New York
- North Dakota
- Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Wales [Burleigh County].
- Cavalier County
- This Wales is located in Cavalier County and lies 2,666 miles [4,290.5 km]<2> to the east.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cavalier County community of Wales.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wales ...
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.
In the vicinity of Wales, Tin City is located 5 miles [8 km] to the Southeast
How Far From Wales 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 city such as Wales to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wales and extending to:
- Juneau, which is the State Capital of Alaska, lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wales to Juneau, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 68 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 47 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 3,834 miles [6,170.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 8 days, a buggy would take 150 days and walking would take 218 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,005 miles [8,054.8 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wales. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alaska: https://alaska.gov/
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 Wales 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 . 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wales) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wales. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 65.6071, Longitude: -168.0886 |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wales, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wales to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 19.927 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 25.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 0.423 degrees. |