Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gatewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gatewood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gatewood
- 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 Gatewood:
- 38.010668, -81.060933
- 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 Gatewood
- 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 Gatewood is near Raleigh County and also Nicholas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas 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 Gatewood ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Gatewood.
Within West Virginia, the name Gatewood is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Gatewood is located in Clayton County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Gatewood.
- Sumter County
- This Gatewood is located in Sumter County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km] to the south southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Gatewood.
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Gatewood [Delaware County].
- Hamilton County
- This Gatewood is located in Hamilton County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Gatewood.
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- This Gatewood is located in Caswell County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Gatewood.
- Union County
- This Gatewood is located in Union County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the south of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Gatewood.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- This Gatewood is located in Aiken County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the south of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Gatewood.
- Spartanburg County
- This Gatewood is located in Spartanburg County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km] to the south southwest of the Gatewood that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Gatewood.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gatewood ...
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.
- Beauty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Bowlin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Carver ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Edmond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fire Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Greenstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenstown
- Greenstown is located in Fayette County
- Meadow Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fork
- Meadow Fork is located in Fayette County
- Michigan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Red Ash ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Rocklick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Rush Run ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
How Far From Gatewood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gatewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gatewood and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Gatewood to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gatewood. 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> | 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 Gatewood 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Gatewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gatewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0107, Longitude: -81.0609 In this case, the coordinates for Gatewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Gatewood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.323 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.076 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.728 degrees. |