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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 Wightman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wightman 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 Wightman:
- 42.233326, -94.610130
- 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 Wightman
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Wightman is near Carroll County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Wightman
Communities Also Named Wightman ...
We found two communities that are also named Wightman.
Within Iowa, the name Wightman is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Barry 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 Missouri community of Wightman [Barry County].
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- This Wightman is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wightman that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Wightman.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wightman ...
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.
- Dana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Pit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gravel Pit is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Pit
- Hart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hart is located in Sac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Jolley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lena is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Maple River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maple River is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple River
- Piper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Piper is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
- Richard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Richard is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
- Twin Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Wightman 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 community such as Wightman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wightman and extending to:
- Rockwell City, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Wightman to Rockwell City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 948 miles [1,525.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,062 miles [8,146.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Wightman 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wightman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wightman 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 Wightman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2333, Longitude: -94.6101 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.196 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.028 degrees. |
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