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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 West Chester:
37.252081, -80.016149
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 West Chester
Waymarking ...
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We found seven communities that are also named West Chester.
Within Virginia, the name West Chester is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Iowa
Washington County
This West Chester is located in Washington County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of West Chester.
Michigan
Ottawa County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of West Chester [Ottawa County].
Ohio
Butler County
This West Chester is located in Butler County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of West Chester.
Tuscarawas County
This West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of West Chester.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This West Chester is located in Chester County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of West Chester.
South Carolina
Chester County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of West Chester [Chester County].
Richland County
This West Chester is located in Richland County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of West Chester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Chester ...
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.
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 West Chester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Chester and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from West Chester to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 197 miles [317 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Chester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 West Chester 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 . 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.
<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 West Chester 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 West Chester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2521, Longitude: -80.0161 In this case, the coordinates for West Chester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.717 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.272 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.539 degrees.