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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 Wellsburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellsburg 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 Wellsburg:
- 42.434046, -92.925145
- 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 Wellsburg
- 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 Grundy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grundy County
- Since Wellsburg is near Hardin County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Wellsburg
Communities Also Named Wellsburg ...
We found seven communities that are also named Wellsburg.
Within Iowa, the name Wellsburg is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Wells County
- This Wellsburg is located in Wells County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wellsburg that is located in Grundy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of Wellsburg.
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- This Wellsburg is located in Bracken County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wellsburg that is located in Grundy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Wellsburg.
- Michigan
- Chippewa 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 Michigan community of Wellsburg [Chippewa County].
- New York
- Chemung County
- This Wellsburg is located in Chemung County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the east of the Wellsburg that is located in Grundy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Wellsburg.
- North Dakota
- Wells County
- This Wellsburg is located in Wells County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wellsburg that is located in Grundy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wells County community of Wellsburg.
- Pennsylvania
- Erie 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 Pennsylvania community of Wellsburg [Erie County].
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Wellsburg is located in Brooke County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wellsburg that is located in Grundy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Wellsburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellsburg ...
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.
- Berlin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Dairyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dairyville is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyville
- Eagle City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle City is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
- Eleanor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eleanor is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
- Fern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fern is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
- Holland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hughs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hughs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughs
- Lincoln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Macey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Macey is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Steamboat Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stout is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
How Far From Wellsburg to ...
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 city such as Wellsburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellsburg and extending to:
- Grundy Center, which is the Seat of Grundy County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wellsburg to Grundy Center, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 865 miles [1,392.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,342 miles [10,206.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,091 miles [11,411.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,988 miles [8,027.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wellsburg) 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 Wellsburg 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 Wellsburg 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 Wellsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4340, Longitude: -92.9251 In this case, the coordinates for Wellsburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.028 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.514 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.103 degrees. |
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