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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 West Newton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Newton 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 West Newton:
    • 44.264965, -91.900716
    • 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 West Newton
  • 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 Wabasha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wabasha County
    • Since West Newton is near Buffalo County and also Winona County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buffalo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winona 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 West Newton

Communities Also Named West Newton ...

We found five communities that are also named West Newton.

There is one other community in Minnesota that is also named West Newton.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Minnesota ...
    • Nicollet County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of West Newton [Nicollet County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This West Newton is located in Marion County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the West Newton that is located in Wabasha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of West Newton.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This West Newton is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<2> to the east of the West Newton that is located in Wabasha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of West Newton.
    • Ohio
      • Allen County
      • This West Newton is located in Allen County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the West Newton that is located in Wabasha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of West Newton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This West Newton is located in Westmoreland County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the West Newton that is located in Wabasha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of West Newton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Newton ...

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.

  • Anchorage ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Anchorage is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Beaver ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Buffalo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
  • Buffalo City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo City is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 948 people
  • Cream
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cream is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream
  • Czechville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Czechville is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czechville
  • Kellogg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Tell is located in Buffalo County (WI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tell
  • Weaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Weaver is located in Wabasha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver

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

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

  • Wabasha, which is the Seat of Wabasha County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Newton to Wabasha, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 850 miles [1,367.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,965 miles [11,209.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West Newton 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- West Newton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 West Newton 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 West Newton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2650, Longitude: -91.9007       In this case, the coordinates for West Newton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.336 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.969 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.094 degrees.