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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 Budaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Budaville 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 Budaville:
- 40.161886, -80.466243
- 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 Budaville
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Budaville is near Ohio County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Budaville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Budaville ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Claysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coon Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Good Intent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Mount Echo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Echo is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Echo
- Pleasant Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Rural Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rural Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Valley
- Sugar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sugar Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
- Valley Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Budaville 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 Budaville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Budaville and extending to:
- Washington, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Budaville to Washington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Budaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Budaville 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 Budaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1619, Longitude: -80.4662 In this case, the coordinates for Budaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.89 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.905 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.737 degrees. |
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