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 Wolverton:
46.562980, -96.735038
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 Wolverton
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 Wilkin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Wolverton.
Within Minnesota, the name Wolverton is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wolverton [Mississippi County].
Ontario
This Wolverton lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<2> to the east of the Wolverton that is located in Wilkin County.
Pennsylvania
Northumberland County
This Wolverton is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wolverton that is located in Wilkin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Wolverton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolverton ...
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.
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 city such as Wolverton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolverton and extending to:
Breckenridge, which is the Seat of Wilkin County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wolverton to Breckenridge, with an average speed<4> 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 207 miles [333.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,248 miles [10,055.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,009 miles [11,279.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wolverton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Wolverton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Wolverton 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 Wolverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5630, Longitude: -96.7350
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.798 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.216 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.175 degrees.