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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 Wapello, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wapello 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 Wapello:
- 43.246891, -112.257863
- 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 Wapello
- 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 Bingham County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bingham County
- Since Wapello is near Bonneville County and also Caribou County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bonneville County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caribou 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 Wapello
Communities Also Named Wapello ...
We found two communities that are also named Wapello.
Within Idaho, the name Wapello is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Louisa County
- This Wapello is located in Louisa County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wapello that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Wapello.
- Kansas
- Wapello #
- 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 Kansas community of Wapello.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wapello ...
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.
- Blackfoot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Firth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gay is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Groveland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Groveland is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Havens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Havens is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mitchell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Rising River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rising River is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
- Rose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rose is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Wolverine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wolverine is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
How Far From Wapello 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 community such as Wapello to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wapello and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Wapello to Boise, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,843 miles [2,966 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 105 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,624 miles [12,269.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (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- Wapello) 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 Wapello 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 Wapello 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 Wapello. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2469, Longitude: -112.2579 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.425 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.286 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.777 degrees. |
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