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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 Allensville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allensville 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 Allensville:
- 39.583152, -77.993055
- 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 Allensville
- 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Since Allensville is near Washington County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Allensville
Communities Also Named Allensville ...
We found nine communities that are also named Allensville.
Within West Virginia, the name Allensville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Forsyth 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 Georgia community of Allensville [Forsyth County].
- Indiana
- Switzerland County
- This Allensville is located in Switzerland County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<2> to the west of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Allensville.
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- This Allensville is located in Clark County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Allensville.
- Todd County
- This Allensville is located in Todd County and lies 530 miles [853 km] to the west southwest of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Allensville.
- North Carolina
- Person County
- This Allensville is located in Person County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Person County community of Allensville.
- Ohio
- Vinton County
- This Allensville is located in Vinton County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<2> to the west of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Allensville.
- Ontario
- This Allensville lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<2> to the north of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- Pennsylvania
- Mifflin County
- This Allensville is located in Mifflin County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the north of the Allensville that is located in Berkeley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Allensville.
- Tennessee
- Sevier County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Allensville [Sevier County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Allensville ...
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.
- Big Pool
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Cherry Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Ernstville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ernstville is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
- Four Locks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Four Locks is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Locks
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Green Spring Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Spring Furnace is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Furnace
- Greenspring Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenspring Hill is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring Hill
- Hedgesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Springs is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Little Georgetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Mountain Vistas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Vistas is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vistas
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Runners Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
- Spring Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Tomahawk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Two Locks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Two Locks is located in Washington County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Locks
How Far From Allensville 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 Allensville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Allensville and extending to:
- Martinsburg, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Allensville to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,908 miles [9,508 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,494 miles [7,232.4 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 Allensville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allensville) 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 Allensville, 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 Allensville 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 Allensville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5832, Longitude: -77.9931 In this case, the coordinates for Allensville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.416 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.142 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.859 degrees. |
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