Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Roundtop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roundtop and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Roundtop
- 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 Roundtop:
- 39.673703, -78.230564
- 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 Roundtop
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Roundtop is near Washington County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Roundtop ...
We found six communities that share the name Roundtop.
Within West Virginia, the name Roundtop is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Maryland
- New Mexico
- Pennsylvania
- Juniata County
- This Roundtop is located in Juniata County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Roundtop that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Roundtop.
- Tioga County
- This Roundtop is located in Tioga County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the north northeast of the Roundtop that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Roundtop.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roundtop ...
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.
- Bath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Burnt Factory
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Factory have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
- Burnt Factory is located in Morgan County
- Dogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Forest Park is located in Washington County (MD)
- Harvey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Jimtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Ridersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridersville
- Ridersville is located in Morgan County
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Morgan County
- Sir Johns Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sir Johns Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run
- Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County
- Stanley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Roundtop 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 Roundtop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Roundtop once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Roundtop and extending to:
- Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Roundtop to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,626 miles [10,663.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,501 miles [7,243.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Roundtop 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Roundtop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roundtop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6737, Longitude: -78.2306 In this case, the coordinates for Roundtop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Roundtop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Roundtop to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.553 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.312 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.928 degrees. |