Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wheelers Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheelers Point and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wheelers Point

• 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 Wheelers Point:
  • 48.837759, -94.697712
  • 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 Wheelers Point

• 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 Lake of the Woods County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake of the Woods County
  • Since Wheelers Point is near Koochiching County and also Roseau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Koochiching County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roseau 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 Wheelers Point

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheelers Point ...

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.

• Birch Beach
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Birch Beach is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Beach
• Border
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Border is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
• Central
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Central is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
• Cozy Corners
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corners
• Gameland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gameland
• Harris Hill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
• Long Point
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Long Point is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
• Rainy River
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainy River
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainy River <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wheelers Point and extending to:

• Baudette, which is the Seat of Lake of the Woods County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wheelers Point to Baudette, with an average speed<3> 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 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,764 miles [7,666.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'