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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 Wilderville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilderville 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 Wilderville:
    • 42.382854, -123.466535
    • 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 Wilderville
  • 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 Wilderville ...

We found two communities that share the name Wilderville.

Within Oregon, the name Wilderville is unique.

Beyond Oregon, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun 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 Wilderville [Calhoun County].
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Wilderville is located in Falls County and lies 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Wilderville that is located in Josephine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Wilderville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilderville ...

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.

  • Fruitdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
  • Grants Pass
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hugo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Hugo is located in Josephine County
  • Love Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Love Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Station
    • Love Station is located in Josephine County
  • Merlin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Murphy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Rogue River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogue River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogue River
    • Rogue River is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogue River <4>
  • Three Pines
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
  • Williams Creek ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Creek
    • Williams Creek is located in Jackson County
  • Wonder
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wonder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder
    • Wonder is located in Josephine County

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

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

  • Grants Pass, which is the Seat of Josephine County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Salem, which is the State Capital of Oregon, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Wilderville to Salem, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,414 miles [3,885 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 138 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,896 miles [12,707.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,995 miles [9,648 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

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

The official website for Josephine County: www.co.josephine.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.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 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 Wilderville 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilderville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilderville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3829, Longitude: -123.4665    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wilderville 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 341.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.917 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.764 degrees.




 

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