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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 Wheeling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheeling and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wheeling:
    • 40.566149, -86.391664
    • 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 Wheeling
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Wheeling is near Howard County and also Cass County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cass 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 Wheeling

Communities Also Named Wheeling ...

We found ten communities that are also named Wheeling.

There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Wheeling.

Beyond Indiana, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Indiana ...
    • Delaware County
      • This Wheeling is located in Delaware County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Wheeling.
    • Gibson County
      • This Wheeling is located in Gibson County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Wheeling.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Wheeling [Jefferson County].
    • Arkansas
      • Fulton County
      • This Wheeling is located in Fulton County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Wheeling.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Wheeling is located in Cook County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Wheeling.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford 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 Kansas community of Wheeling [Crawford County].
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • This Wheeling is located in Winn Parish and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winn Parish community of Wheeling.
    • Michigan
      • Emmet 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 Wheeling [Emmet County].
    • Missouri
      • Livingston County
      • This Wheeling is located in Livingston County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Wheeling.
    • West Virginia
      • Ohio County
      • This Wheeling is located in Ohio County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the east of the Wheeling that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Wheeling.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheeling ...

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.

  • Burrows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Burrows is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
  • Deacon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deacon is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • Deer Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
  • Flax
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Flax is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flax
  • Flora
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Flora is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,998 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <3>
  • Poplar Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Poplar Grove is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Poundstone Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Poundstone Corner is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poundstone Corner
  • Shanghai
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Shanghai is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
  • Young America
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Young America is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America

How Far From Wheeling 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 Wheeling to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wheeling and extending to:

  • Delphi, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wheeling to Delphi, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 509 miles [819.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,810 miles [7,740.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheeling) 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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling 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 Wheeling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5661, Longitude: -86.3917       In this case, the coordinates for Wheeling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.627 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.222 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.346 degrees.