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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 Wawina, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wawina 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 Wawina:
- 47.053025, -93.119344
- 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 Wawina
- 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 Itasca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Itasca County
- Since Wawina is near Saint Louis County and also Aitkin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Louis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Aitkin 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 Wawina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wawina ...
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.
- Ball Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Bluff is located in Aitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Bluff
- Blackberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blackberry is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry
- Elmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elmer is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Floodwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Goodland is located in Itasca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodland
- Hull
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hull is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Island is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island
- Silica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Silica is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Swan River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Wawina 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 Wawina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wawina and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Itasca County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wawina to Grand Rapids, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 985 miles [1,585.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wawina) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Wawina 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 Wawina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.0530, Longitude: -93.1193 In this case, the coordinates for Wawina have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.175 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.985 degrees. |
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