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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:
- 39.476266, -81.973175
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Wrightstown is near Athens County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Athens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Ohio, the name Wrightstown is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Wrightstown is located in Otter Tail County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wrightstown that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Wrightstown.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Wrightstown [Burlington County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- This Wrightstown is located in Bucks County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the east of the Wrightstown that is located in Morgan 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 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wrightstown that is located in Morgan 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.
- Bishopville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bishopville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Elliott Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Federal
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Federal is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
- Joy
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lewis ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lewis is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plantsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Plantsville is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantsville
- Redtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Redtown is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Shilling ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shilling is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shilling
- Trimble
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Wrightstown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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:
- McConnelsville, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wrightstown to McConnelsville, 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 four to five hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 267 miles [429.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,076 miles [9,778.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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. |
| <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: 39.4763, Longitude: -81.9732 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.889 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.646 degrees. |
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