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We found four communities that are also named Red Wing.
Within Arkansas, the name Red Wing is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Huerfano County
This Red Wing is located in Huerfano County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Red Wing that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Red Wing.
Minnesota
Goodhue County
This Red Wing is located in Goodhue County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the north of the Red Wing that is located in Sevier County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goodhue County community of Red Wing.
Nebraska
Nance 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 Nebraska community of Red Wing [Nance County].
Ontario
This Red Wing lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Red Wing that is located in Sevier County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Wing ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Red Wing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Red Wing and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Red Wing to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,822 miles [10,978.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,553 miles [12,155.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,431 miles [8,740.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Red Wing) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Red Wing 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Red Wing 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 Red Wing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0462, Longitude: -94.2430 In this case, the coordinates for Red Wing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.396 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.84 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.355 degrees.