Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Advent:
  • 38.610370, -81.558736
  • 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 Advent

• 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Since Advent is near Roane County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Advent

Curious and Interesting Names Near Advent ...

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.

• Goldtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Goldtown is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldtown
• Hicumbottom
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hicumbottom is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicumbottom
• Island Branch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
• July ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • July is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for July
• Kettle
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kettle is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
• Loop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Loop is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
• Mattie ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mattie is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie
• Mount Tell
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Tell is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tell
• Romance
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Romance is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
• Vicars
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Vicars is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicars
• Woodyard ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodyard is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Advent and extending to:

• Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Advent to Ripley, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east (E). 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 shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,813 miles [10,964.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'