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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 Wales, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wales 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 Wales:
    • 48.894171, -98.601788
    • 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 Wales
  • 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 Wales ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Wales.

There is one other community in North Dakota which is also named Wales.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In North Dakota ...
    • Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Wales [Burleigh County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Wales lies 2,666 miles [4,290.5 km]<2> to the northwest of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Wales [Arapahoe County].
    • Iowa
      • Montgomery County
      • This Wales is located in Montgomery County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Wales.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Wales is located in Pike County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Wales.
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin County
      • This Wales is located in Androscoggin County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km]<2> to the east of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Wales.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • This Wales is located in Hampden County and lies 1,352 miles [2,175.8 km]<2> to the east of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Wales.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair 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 Michigan community of Wales [Saint Clair County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lake County
      • This Wales is located in Lake County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wales.
    • Missouri
      • Vernon 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 Missouri community of Wales [Vernon County].
    • New York
      • Erie 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 York community of Wales [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia 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 Ohio community of Wales [Gallia County].
    • Ontario
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Wales.
    • Tennessee
      • Giles County
      • This Wales is located in Giles County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Wales.
    • Utah
      • Sanpete County
      • This Wales is located in Sanpete County and lies 913 miles [1,469.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Wales.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha County
      • This Wales is located in Waukesha County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<2> to the southeast of the Wales that is located in Cavalier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Wales.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wales ...

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.

  • Brown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Clyde
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Cavalier County
  • Crystal City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crystal City <6>
  • Mountain City ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountain City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
  • Pilot Mound
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Snowflake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowflake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
  • Thornhill
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill
  • Weaver
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weaver have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Weaver is located in Cavalier County
  • Windygates
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windygates came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windygates

How Far From Wales 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 city such as Wales to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Langdon, which is the Seat of Cavalier County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wales to Langdon, with an average speed<8> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 72 days.
  • The shortest distance<9> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,176 miles [9,939.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,894 miles [7,876.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<12>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wales. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wales 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 '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- Wales) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wales. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8942, Longitude: -98.6018       In this case, the coordinates for Wales have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Wales, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>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.
<9>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 Wales to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.178 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.076 degrees.
<12>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.683 degrees.









 

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