Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Soules Chapel

• 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 Soules Chapel:
  • 32.830686, -95.074385
  • 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 Soules Chapel

• 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
  • Since Soules Chapel is near Wood County and also Camp County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camp 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 Soules Chapel

Curious and Interesting Names Near Soules Chapel ...

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.

• Crossroads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crossroads is located in Camp County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
• Friendship
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Friendship is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Hickory Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Hill is located in Camp County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
• Latch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Latch is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latch
• Leesburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Leesburg is located in Camp County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <1>
• Little Hope
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Little Hope is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
• Lone Pine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lone Pine is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
• Piney Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Piney Grove is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
• Rosewood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rosewood is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
• Shady Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Shady Grove is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Union Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Union Hill is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Soules Chapel and extending to:

• Gilmer, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Soules Chapel to Gilmer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,916 miles [11,130.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,523 miles [8,888.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'