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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Uneeda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Uneeda and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Uneeda:
    • 38.035549, -81.780472
    • 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 Uneeda
  • 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 Uneeda ...

We found two communities that share the name Uneeda.

Within West Virginia, the name Uneeda is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Henry County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Uneeda.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Uneeda.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Uneeda ...

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.

  • Bob White
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob White
    • Bob White is located in Boone County
  • Clothier
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
    • Clothier is located in Boone County
  • Coal Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
    • Coal Valley is located in Logan County
  • Danville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gordon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Gordon is located in Boone County
  • Greenview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
    • Greenview is located in Boone County
  • Havana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
    • Havana is located in Boone County
  • Low Gap
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
    • Low Gap is located in Boone County
  • Price Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
    • Price Hill is located in Boone County
  • Rock Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Rock Creek is located in Boone County
  • Turtle Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Creek
    • Turtle Creek is located in Boone County
  • Turtletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtletown
    • Turtletown is located in Boone County
  • Williams Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Mountain
    • Williams Mountain is located in Boone County

How Far From Uneeda 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 Uneeda to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Uneeda and extending to:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 23 miles [37 km]<5> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Uneeda to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Uneeda. 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 Uneeda, 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 Uneeda 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>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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Uneeda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Uneeda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0355, Longitude: -81.7805    
<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 Uneeda 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 310.757 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.576 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.027 degrees.









 

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