Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Prospect Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Prospect Valley and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Prospect Valley
- 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 Prospect Valley:
- 39.400364, -80.342032
- 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 Prospect Valley
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Prospect Valley is near Marion County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Marion County
- eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Prospect Valley ...
We found three communities that share the name Prospect Valley.
Within West Virginia, the name Prospect Valley is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Prospect Valley [Jefferson County].
- Weld County
- This Prospect Valley is located in Weld County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<2> to the west of the Prospect Valley that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Prospect Valley.
- Virginia
- Roanoke City
- This Prospect Valley is located in Roanoke City and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the south of the Prospect Valley that is located in Harrison County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Prospect Valley.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Prospect Valley ...
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.
- Allied
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Dixie
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Harrison County
- Erie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Gypsy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Jimtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Long Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lumberport
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberport
- Lumberport is located in Harrison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Harrison County
- Oak Grove ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Rosebud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Saltwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Prospect Valley and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Prospect Valley to Charleston, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,728 miles [10,827.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prospect Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Harrison County: www.harrisoncountywv.com/
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 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 Prospect Valley 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prospect Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prospect Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4004, Longitude: -80.3420 In this case, the coordinates for Prospect Valley 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 Prospect Valley 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 309.846 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.74 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.95 degrees. |