Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Circleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Circleville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Circleville
- 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 Circleville:
- 38.671497, -79.492265
- 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 Circleville
- 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 Pendleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- Since Circleville is near Randolph County and also Highland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Highland 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 Circleville ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Circleville.
Within West Virginia, the name Circleville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Tazewell County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Tazewell County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Circleville.
- Indiana
- Clinton 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 Indiana community of Circleville [Clinton County].
- Rush County
- This Circleville is located in Rush County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Circleville.
- Kansas
- Jackson County
- This Circleville is located in Jackson County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<3> to the west of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Circleville.
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- Although located in Cape Girardeau County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Circleville.
- New York
- Orange County
- This Circleville is located in Orange County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Circleville.
- Ohio
- Pickaway County
- This Circleville is located in Pickaway County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Circleville.
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- This Circleville is located in Westmoreland County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<3> to the north of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Circleville.
- Texas
- Travis County
- Although located in Travis County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Circleville.
- Williamson County
- This Circleville is located in Williamson County and lies 1,157 miles [1,862 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Circleville.
- Utah
- Piute County
- This Circleville is located in Piute County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<3> to the west of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piute County community of Circleville.
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- This Circleville is located in Loudoun County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Circleville that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Circleville.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Circleville ...
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.
- Dry Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Entry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Pendleton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <5>
- Hardscrabble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Hardscrabble is located in Highland County (VA)
- Harper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harper is located in Pendleton County
- Key ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Little Italy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Italy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Little Italy is located in Randolph County
- Macksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Moatstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Circleville 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 Circleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Circleville and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Pendleton County, lies just to the East.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Circleville to Charleston, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,596 miles [7,396.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Circleville. 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> | 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 Circleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Circleville 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Circleville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Circleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6715, Longitude: -79.4923 |
| <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 Circleville 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 309.361 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.078 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.837 degrees. |