Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wrightsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrightsville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wrightsville
- 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 Wrightsville:
- 38.704647, -83.511623
- 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 Wrightsville
- 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Since Wrightsville is near Lewis County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- eBird sighting report for Summit 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wrightsville ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Wrightsville.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Wrightsville.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Wrightsville.
- Madison 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 Ohio community of Wrightsville [Madison County].
- Franklin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Wrightsville.
- Georgia
- Johnson County
- This Wrightsville is located in Johnson County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<3> to the south of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Wrightsville.
- Illinois
- Greene 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 Illinois community of Wrightsville [Greene County].
- Kansas
- Elk 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 Kansas community of Wrightsville [Elk County].
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- This Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Wrightsville.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- This Wrightsville is located in Burlington County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Wrightsville.
- Monmouth County
- This Wrightsville is located in Monmouth County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the east northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Wrightsville.
- North Carolina
- New Hanover County
- This Wrightsville is located in New Hanover County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<3> to the southeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Wrightsville.
- Pennsylvania
- Warren County
- This Wrightsville is located in Warren County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Wrightsville.
- York County
- This Wrightsville is located in York County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km] to the east northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Wrightsville.
- Vermont
- Washington County
- This Wrightsville is located in Washington County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<3> to the northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wrightsville.
- Virginia
- Caroline County
- This Wrightsville is located in Caroline County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<3> to the east of the Wrightsville that is located in Adams County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Wrightsville.
- Wisconsin
- Jackson 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 Wisconsin community of Wrightsville [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrightsville ...
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.
- Bradysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradysville
- Bradysville is located in Adams County
- Bradysville has also been known as:
- Centerville
- Centreville
- Catbird
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Cottageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Cottageville is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Irwin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Lynx
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynx
- Lynx is located in Adams County
- Panhandle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Paradise Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Paradise Hills is located in Adams County
- Poplar Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Flat
- Poplar Flat is located in Lewis County (KY)
- Queens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Squirrel Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squirrel Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel Town
- Squirrel Town is located in Adams County
- Stout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Trinity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Tulip
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wrightsville and extending to:
- West Union, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Wrightsville to Columbus, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,173 miles [9,934.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,769 miles [7,675 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wrightsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
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 Wrightsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Wrightsville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wrightsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wrightsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7046, Longitude: -83.5116 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Wrightsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.81 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.877 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.575 degrees. |