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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 Wolford:
46.545518, -93.979149
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.
We found two communities that share the name Wolford.
Within Minnesota, the name Wolford is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
North Dakota
Pierce County
This Wolford is located in Pierce County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wolford that is located in Crow Wing County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Wolford.
Virginia
Buchanan County
This Wolford is located in Buchanan County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wolford that is located in Crow Wing County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Wolford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolford ...
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.
Breezy Point (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Wolford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolford and extending to:
Brainerd, which is the Seat of Crow Wing County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wolford to Brainerd, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Saint Paul, which is the State Capital of Minnesota, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Wolford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wolford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5455, Longitude: -93.9791 In this case, the coordinates for Wolford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
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<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 Wolford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.80 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.941 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.614 degrees.