Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wirt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wirt and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wirt
- 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 Wirt:
- 47.730505, -93.959934
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wirt
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Itasca County
- Since Wirt is near Koochiching County and also Beltrami County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Koochiching County
- eBird sighting report for Beltrami 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wirt ...
We found five communities that share the name Wirt.
Within Minnesota, the name Wirt is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Dearborn 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 Indiana community of Wirt [Dearborn County].
- Jefferson County
- This Wirt is located in Jefferson County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wirt that is located in Itasca County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wirt.
- Iowa
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Indiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wirt ...
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.
- Bowstring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Craigville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Craigville is located in Koochiching County
- Effie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Effie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effie
- Effie is located in Itasca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Effie <4>
- Forest Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Koochiching County
- Jessie Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessie Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie Lake
- Jessie Lake is located in Itasca County
- Margie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Rosy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Shooks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Shooks is located in Beltrami County
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Wirt 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 Wirt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wirt and extending to:
- Grand Rapids, which is the Seat of Itasca County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wirt to Grand Rapids, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 196 miles [315.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wirt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Itasca County: www.co.itasca.mn.us/
The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wirt 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wirt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wirt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7305, Longitude: -93.9599 In this case, the coordinates for Wirt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wirt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.77 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.066 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.27 degrees. |