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 Wallingford:
47.655654, -122.327627
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 Wallingford
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 King County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Wallingford.
Within Washington, the name Wallingford is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Wallingford is located in New Haven County and lies 2,430 miles [3,910.7 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Wallingford.
Illinois
Will County
This Wallingford is located in Will County and lies 1,732 miles [2,787.4 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wallingford.
Iowa
Emmet County
This Wallingford is located in Emmet County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Wallingford.
Kentucky
Fleming County
This Wallingford is located in Fleming County and lies 2,031 miles [3,268.6 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Wallingford.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Wallingford is located in Delaware County and lies 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Wallingford.
Vermont
Rutland County
This Wallingford is located in Rutland County and lies 2,362 miles [3,801.3 km]<1> to the east of the Wallingford that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Wallingford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallingford ...
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.
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 Wallingford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wallingford and extending to:
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wallingford to Olympia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,320 miles [3,733.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,770 miles [10,895.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,532 miles [12,121.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wallingford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Wallingford 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 Wallingford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6557, Longitude: -122.3276 In this case, the coordinates for Wallingford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.872 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.43 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.752 degrees.