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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 Archer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Archer 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 Archer:
    • 39.510639, -80.595095
    • 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 Archer
  • 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Since Archer is near Tyler County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Archer

Communities Also Named Archer ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Archer.

Within West Virginia, the name Archer is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • This Archer is located in Pickens County and lies 602 miles [968.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Archer.
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Archer is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,937 miles [3,117.3 km]<1> to the west of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Archer.
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • This Archer is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the west of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Archer.
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Archer is located in Alachua County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the south of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Archer.
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Archer is located in Hillsborough County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the south of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Archer.
    • Georgia
      • Walker 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 Georgia community of Archer [Walker County].
    • Idaho
      • Madison County
      • This Archer is located in Madison County and lies 1,626 miles [2,616.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Archer.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Archer is located in Sangamon County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Archer.
    • Iowa
      • O'Brien County
      • This Archer is located in O'Brien County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the O'Brien County community of Archer.
    • Kansas
      • Stevens 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 Kansas community of Archer [Stevens County].
    • Montana
      • Sheridan County
      • This Archer is located in Sheridan County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Archer.
    • Nebraska
      • Merrick County
      • This Archer is located in Merrick County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Archer.
      • Richardson 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 Nebraska community of Archer [Richardson County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Archer.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison 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 Ohio community of Archer [Harrison County].
    • Ontario
      • This Archer lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Archer is located in Marshall County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Archer.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • This Archer is located in Laramie County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Archer that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Archer.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Archer ...

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 Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Big Run is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Brink
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brink is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Carbide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Carbide is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbide
  • Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
  • Four Mile
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Four Mile is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Hazel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazel is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • King
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • King is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Kingstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kingstown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Pricetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Pricetown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
  • Sincerity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sincerity is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sincerity

How Far From Archer to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Archer to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Archer and extending to:

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Archer to New Martinsville, with an average speed<4> 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,019 miles [9,686.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,610 miles [7,419.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Archer) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Archer 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.
<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 Archer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Archer 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 Archer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5106, Longitude: -80.5951       In this case, the coordinates for Archer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.996 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.928 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.023 degrees.