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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 Wrightstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrightstown and the surrounding area.
- 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 Wrightstown:
- 46.273851, -95.186141
- 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 Wrightstown
- 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 Otter Tail County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otter Tail County
- Since Wrightstown is near Todd County and also Wadena County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wadena 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 Wrightstown
Communities Also Named Wrightstown ...
We found four communities that are also named Wrightstown.
Within Minnesota, the name Wrightstown is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Burlington 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 New Jersey community of Wrightstown [Burlington County].
- Ohio
- Morgan County
- This Wrightstown is located in Morgan County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wrightstown that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Wrightstown.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Wrightstown is located in Bucks County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wrightstown that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Wrightstown.
- Wisconsin
- Brown County
- This Wrightstown is located in Brown County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wrightstown that is located in Otter Tail County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Wrightstown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrightstown ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Grass is located in Wadena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Deer Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
- Eagle Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leaf City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leaf City is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf City
- Leaf Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leaf Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf Valley
- Miltona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ottertail
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rose City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rose City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Spruce Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Spruce Center is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Center
- Staples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Woodland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland Park is located in Otter Tail County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wrightstown and extending to:
- Fergus Falls, which is the Seat of Otter Tail County, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wrightstown to Fergus Falls, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,050 miles [1,689.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,216 miles [10,003.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,975 miles [11,225.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,897 miles [7,881 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 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 Wrightstown 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wrightstown) 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 Wrightstown 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 Wrightstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2739, Longitude: -95.1861 In this case, the coordinates for Wrightstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.671 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.896 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.368 degrees. |
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