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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 Wellington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellington 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 Wellington:
    • 39.542507, -110.734134
    • 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 Wellington
  • 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 Carbon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carbon County
    • Since Wellington is near Emery County and also Utah County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Emery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Utah 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 Wellington

Communities Also Named Wellington ...

We found 36 communities that are also named Wellington.

Within Utah, the name Wellington is unique.

Beyond Utah, we know of 36 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 31 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Wellington is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Wellington.
    • British Columbia
      • This Wellington lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • This Wellington is located in Larimer County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Wellington.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Wellington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wellington.
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Wellington is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,960 miles [3,154.3 km] to the east southeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Wellington.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Wellington is located in Fulton County and lies 1,502 miles [2,417.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Wellington.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Wellington is located in Muscogee County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Wellington.
    • Illinois
      • Iroquois County
      • This Wellington is located in Iroquois County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Wellington.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Wellington is located in Marion County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Wellington.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • This Wellington is located in Sumner County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Wellington.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wellington is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wellington.
      • Menifee County
      • This Wellington is located in Menifee County and lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Wellington.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Wellington is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Wellington.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Wellington is located in Piscataquis County and lies 2,111 miles [3,397.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Wellington.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Wellington is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Wellington.
      • Somerset County
      • This Wellington is located in Somerset County and lies 1,879 miles [3,024 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Wellington.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Wellington is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wellington.
    • Michigan
      • Crawford 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 Michigan community of Wellington [Crawford County].
      • Gogebic County
      • This Wellington is located in Gogebic County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Wellington.
    • Minnesota
      • Renville 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 Minnesota community of Wellington [Renville County].
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Wellington is located in Lafayette County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Wellington.
    • Nevada
      • Lyon County
      • This Wellington is located in Lyon County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Wellington.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Wellington.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Wellington.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Wellington.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • This Wellington is located in Lorain County and lies 1,497 miles [2,409.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Wellington.
    • Ontario
      • This Wellington lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Wellington is located in Lehigh County and lies 1,849 miles [2,975.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Wellington.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Wellington lies 2,372 miles [3,817.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Wellington is located in Aiken County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Wellington.
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Wellington [Minnehaha County].
    • Texas
      • Collingsworth County
      • This Wellington is located in Collingsworth County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Wellington.
      • Harris County
      • This Wellington is located in Harris County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km] to the east southeast of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Wellington.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Wellington is located in Fairfax County and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Wellington.
      • Prince William County
      • This Wellington is located in Prince William County and lies 1,766 miles [2,842.1 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Wellington.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Wellington is located in Roane County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Carbon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Wellington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington ...

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.

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

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

  • Price, which is the Seat of Carbon County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Salt Lake City, which is the State Capital of Utah, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wellington to Salt Lake City, 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 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 70 days and walking would take 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 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 7,810 miles [12,569 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wellington) 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 Wellington 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 Wellington, 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 Wellington 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 Wellington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5425, Longitude: -110.7341    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 330.897 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.165 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.189 degrees.