Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wilkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkins and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilkins
- 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 Wilkins:
- 42.409452, -90.541239
- 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 Wilkins
- 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 Dubuque County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dubuque County
- Since Wilkins is near Jackson County and also Jo Daviess County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- eBird sighting report for Jo Daviess 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wilkins ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Wilkins.
Within Iowa, the name Wilkins is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cross County
- This Wilkins is located in Cross County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<1> to the south of the Wilkins that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Wilkins.
- Jefferson County
- This Wilkins is located in Jefferson County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km] to the south of the Wilkins that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wilkins.
- Logan County
- This Wilkins is located in Logan County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km] to the south southwest of the Wilkins that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkins.
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Wilkins lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Dubuque County.
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Wilkins is located in Lucas County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the east of the Wilkins that is located in Dubuque County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Wilkins.
- Union County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wilkins.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkins ...
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.
- Cathedral Square
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cathedral Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral Square
- Cathedral Square is located in Dubuque County
- Fair Play
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <5>
- Galena Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena Junction
- Galena Junction is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Gears Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gears Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gears Ferry
- Gears Ferry is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- King
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Portage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Prairie Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Corners
- Prairie Corners is located in Grant County (WI)
- Rice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Rockdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rockdale is located in Dubuque County
- Sandy Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook is located in Grant County (WI)
How Far From Wilkins 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 Wilkins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilkins and extending to:
- Dubuque, which is the Seat of Dubuque County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wilkins to Dubuque, with an average speed<6> 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 167 miles [268.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilkins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dubuque County: www.dubuquecounty.org/
The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Wilkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4095, Longitude: -90.5412 In this case, the coordinates for Wilkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Wilkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Wilkins 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wilkins to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.391 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.637 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.881 degrees. |