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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 Wolverine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolverine 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 Wolverine:
- 43.281306, -111.936077
- 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 Wolverine
- 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 Wolverine is near Bonneville County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Wolverine
Communities Also Named Wolverine ...
We found six communities that are also named Wolverine.
Within Idaho, the name Wolverine is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Wolverine lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wolverine that is located in Bingham County.
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- This Wolverine is located in Breathitt County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wolverine that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breathitt County community of Wolverine.
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- This Wolverine is located in Cheboygan County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wolverine that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Wolverine.
- Houghton County
- This Wolverine is located in Houghton County and lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km] to the east northeast of the Wolverine that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Wolverine.
- Marquette 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 Wolverine [Marquette County].
- Tennessee
- Obion County
- This Wolverine is located in Obion County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wolverine that is located in Bingham County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Wolverine.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolverine ...
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.
- Bone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bone is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
- Cotton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Firth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Four Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Four Corners is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Idaho Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lincoln is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Ozone
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ozone is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
How Far From Wolverine to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wolverine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolverine and extending to:
- Blackfoot, which is the Seat of Bingham County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wolverine to Blackfoot, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 215 miles [346 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,827 miles [2,940.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 72 days and walking would take 104 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 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 7,614 miles [12,253.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,611 miles [9,030 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wolverine) 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 Wolverine 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 Wolverine 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 Wolverine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2813, Longitude: -111.9361 In this case, the coordinates for Wolverine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 332.173 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.994 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.582 degrees. |
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