Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wilkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilkins and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wilkins
- 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 Wilkins:
- 32.557580, -95.009129
- 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 Wilkins
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since Wilkins is near Gregg County and also Smith County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Gregg County
- eBird sighting report for Smith 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 Wilkins ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Wilkins.
Within Texas, the name Wilkins is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cross County
- This Wilkins is located in Cross County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Wilkins.
- Jefferson County
- This Wilkins is located in Jefferson County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wilkins.
- Logan County
- This Wilkins is located in Logan County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the north northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkins.
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Wilkins lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Upshur County.
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Wilkins is located in Lucas County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wilkins that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Wilkins.
- Union County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wilkins.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkins ...
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.
- Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Big Sandy is located in Upshur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Sandy <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Big Sandy
- From Wilkins to Big Sandy
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Center Point is located in Upshur County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Center Point
- From Wilkins to Center Point
- Indian Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Rock
- Indian Rock is located in Upshur County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Indian Rock
- From Wilkins to Indian Rock
- Latch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Liberty City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty City
- Liberty City is located in Gregg County
- Mings Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mings Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mings Chapel
- Mings Chapel is located in Upshur County
- Seven Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Seven Pines is located in Gregg County
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
- Union Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Grove is located in Upshur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Waters Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waters Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Bluff
- Waters Bluff is located in Smith County
How Far From Wilkins 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 Wilkins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilkins and extending to:
- Gilmer, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wilkins to Gilmer, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 225 miles [362.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,534 miles [8,906.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilkins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Upshur County: www.countyofupshur.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Wilkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5576, Longitude: -95.0091 In this case, the coordinates for Wilkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Wilkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Wilkins 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wilkins to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.732 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.04 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.895 degrees. |