Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Utica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Utica and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Utica
- 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 Utica:
- 39.045357, -81.658739
- 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 Utica
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Utica is near Wood County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Utica ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Utica.
Within West Virginia, the name Utica is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Fergus 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 Montana community of Utica [Fergus County].
- Judith Basin County
- This Utica is located in Judith Basin County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Judith Basin County community of Utica.
- Nebraska
- Seward County
- This Utica is located in Seward County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Utica.
- York 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 Nebraska community of Utica [York County].
- New York
- Ohio
- Knox County
- This Utica is located in Knox County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Utica.
- Warren County
- This Utica is located in Warren County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Utica.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- This Utica is located in Dane County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Utica.
- Waukesha County
- This Utica is located in Waukesha County and lies 448 miles [721 km] to the northwest of the Utica that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Utica.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Utica ...
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.
- Cuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Drift Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Jerrys Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerrys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- Lone Cedar
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County
- Manganese ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Neptune
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Polk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Pond Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Pond Creek is located in Wood County
- Powers ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Randolph Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
- Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Reedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Skull Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Windy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Randolph Landing
How Far From Utica 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 Utica to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Utica and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Utica to Ripley, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Utica. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Utica 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Utica) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Utica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0454, Longitude: -81.6587 In this case, the coordinates for Utica 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 Utica, 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 Utica 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 310.662 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.617 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.649 degrees. |