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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 Mooretown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooretown 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 Mooretown:
- 38.104291, -79.901167
- 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 Mooretown
- 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Mooretown is near Pocahontas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Mooretown
Communities Also Named Mooretown ...
We found six communities that are also named Mooretown.
Within Virginia, the name Mooretown is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Butte 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 California community of Mooretown [Butte County].
- Mississippi
- DeSoto 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 Mississippi community of Mooretown [DeSoto County].
- North Carolina
- Pender County
- This Mooretown is located in Pender County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Mooretown that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pender County community of Mooretown.
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mooretown.
- Ontario
- This Mooretown lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mooretown that is located in Bath County.
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- This Mooretown is located in Cannon County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Mooretown that is located in Bath County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Mooretown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooretown ...
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.
- Chimney Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chimney Run is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Run
- Dunns ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
- Hot Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha Springs is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Springs
- Mitchelltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Mountain Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Sunrise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Pocahontas County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Switch Back
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Switch Back is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switch Back
- Trainer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trainer is located in Greenbrier County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
- Warm Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Mooretown 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 Mooretown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mooretown and extending to:
- Warm Springs, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mooretown to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,052 miles [9,739.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Mooretown 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mooretown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mooretown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mooretown 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 Mooretown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1043, Longitude: -79.9012 In this case, the coordinates for Mooretown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.625 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.295 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.206 degrees. |
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