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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 Wallingford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wallingford 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 Wallingford:
    • 38.405086, -83.611804
    • 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 Wallingford
  • 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 Fleming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
    • Since Wallingford is near Lewis County and also Boyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd 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 Wallingford

Communities Also Named Wallingford ...

We found six communities that are also named Wallingford.

Within Kentucky, the name Wallingford is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Wallingford is located in New Haven County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Wallingford.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Wallingford is located in Will County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wallingford.
    • Iowa
      • Emmet County
      • This Wallingford is located in Emmet County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Wallingford.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Wallingford is located in Delaware County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Wallingford.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Wallingford is located in Rutland County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Wallingford.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Wallingford is located in King County and lies 2,031 miles [3,268.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wallingford that is located in Fleming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Wallingford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallingford ...

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.

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

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

  • Flemingsburg, which is the Seat of Fleming County, lies just to the West.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Wallingford to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 356 miles [572.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wallingford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Wallingford 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 Wallingford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4051, Longitude: -83.6118    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.874 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.906 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.709 degrees.