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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 Wheeling Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wheeling Valley 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 Wheeling Valley:
- 40.149792, -80.902314
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Wheeling 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 Belmont County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Since Wheeling Valley is near Harrison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Wheeling Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wheeling 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.
- Blainesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blainesville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainesville
- Crabapple
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crabapple is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
- Crescent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Donnersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Donnersville is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnersville
- Fairpoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Kinsman
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kinsman is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsman
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Provident
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Provident is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provident
- Shepherdstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shepherdstown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
- Uniontown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Belmont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
How Far From Wheeling 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 Wheeling Valley 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<2> community of Wheeling Valley once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wheeling Valley and extending to:
- Saint Clairsville, which is the Seat of Belmont County, lies just to the South.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Wheeling Valley to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving 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 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Wheeling Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheeling Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wheeling Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wheeling Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1498, Longitude: -80.9023 In this case, the coordinates for Wheeling Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.16 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.21 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.937 degrees. |
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