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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 Wyattville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyattville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wyattville:
    • 43.940479, -91.790054
    • 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 Wyattville
  • 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 Winona County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Winona County
    • Since Wyattville is near Fillmore County and also Houston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fillmore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Houston 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 Wyattville

Communities Also Named Wyattville ...

We found one communities that are also named Wyattville.

Within Minnesota, the name Wyattville is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, there is another community also named Wyattville in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Wyattville is located in Venango County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wyattville that is located in Winona County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Wyattville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyattville ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethany is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Centerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Clyde
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Goodview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Goodview is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,127 people
  • Hart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hart is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
  • Homer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Homer is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Minnesota City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Money Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rollingstone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sugarloaf
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sugarloaf is located in Winona County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf

How Far From Wyattville to ...

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 community such as Wyattville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wyattville and extending to:

  • Winona, which is the Seat of Winona County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wyattville to Winona, 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 837 miles [1,347 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,977 miles [11,228.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,877 miles [7,848.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wyattville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Wyattville 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 Wyattville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9405, Longitude: -91.7901       In this case, the coordinates for Wyattville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.258 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.837 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.123 degrees.