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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 Wrightsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville:
- 41.914502, -79.425328
- 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 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Wrightsville is near Chautauqua County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Wrightsville
Communities Also Named Wrightsville ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Wrightsville.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Wrightsville.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- York County
- This Wrightsville is located in York County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Wrightsville.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- This Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 282 miles [453.8 km] to the east southeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the south of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Wrightsville.
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This Wrightsville is located in Adams County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Wrightsville.
- Franklin County
- This community is historic<3> 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].
- Vermont
- Washington County
- This Wrightsville is located in Washington County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wrightsville that is located in Warren 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].
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.
- Bear Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forest Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Chapel is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Chapel
- Horn Siding
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Siding is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Siding
- Jackson Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson Run is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Run
- Lottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Spring Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Torpedo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Torpedo is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torpedo
How Far From Wrightsville 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 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:
- Warren, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wrightsville to Warren, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 243 miles [391.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,464 miles [7,184.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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- Wrightsville) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 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> | 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. |
| <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 Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9145, Longitude: -79.4253 In this case, the coordinates for Wrightsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.144 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.328 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.606 degrees. |
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