Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alta and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alta
- 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 Alta:
- 38.207329, -81.177330
- 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 Alta
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Alta is near Nicholas County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Alta ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Alta.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Alta.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Placer County
- This Alta is located in Placer County and lies 2,119 miles [3,410.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alta that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Alta.
- San Diego County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Alta [San Diego County].
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Harvey County].
- Jewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Jewell County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alta [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alta [Jefferson County].
- Ravalli County
- This Alta is located in Ravalli County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alta that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Alta.
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Highland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alta [Highland County].
- Richland County
- This Alta is located in Richland County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Alta that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Alta.
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Alta is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,625 miles [2,615.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Alta that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Alta.
- Wasatch County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wasatch County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wasatch County community of Alta.
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alta ...
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.
- Alloy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Boomer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Carbondale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Carbondale is located in Fayette County
- Chimney Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Chimney Corner is located in Fayette County
- Cotton Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Crescent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Deep Water
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Water have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Dixie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie is located in Nicholas County
- Eagle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Falls View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Glen Ferris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Ferris have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ferris
- Glen Ferris is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Ferris <5>
- Hawks Nest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawks Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Clay County
- Jodie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Longacre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Lucas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Lyonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyonsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County
- Marvel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Peters Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Junction
- Peters Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Pond Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Swiss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell
How Far From Alta to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alta and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Alta to Fayetteville, 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.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,101 miles [9,818.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.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- Alta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2073, Longitude: -81.1773 In this case, the coordinates for Alta 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 Alta, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Alta 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Alta 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 310.389 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.181 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.714 degrees. |