Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Augusta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Augusta and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Augusta
- 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 Augusta:
- 39.295362, -78.637748
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Augusta
- 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 Hampshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Since Augusta is near Hardy County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- eBird sighting report for Frederick 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Augusta ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Augusta.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Augusta.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Augusta is located in Marion County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the west of the Augusta that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Augusta.
- Pike County
- This Augusta is located in Pike County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km] to the west of the Augusta that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Augusta.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Iberville Parish
- This Augusta is located in Iberville Parish and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Augusta that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Augusta.
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Augusta is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 919 miles [1,479 km] to the southwest of the Augusta that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Augusta.
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Augusta is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km] to the west southwest of the Augusta that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Augusta.
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Augusta ...
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.
- Bubbling Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bubbling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubbling Spring
- Bubbling Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Cold Stream
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
- Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County
- Creekvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Frenchburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frenchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
- Frenchburg is located in Hampshire County
- Grace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Hooks Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooks Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
- Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg is located in Hampshire County
- Pancake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Points is located in Hampshire County
- Raven Rocks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raven Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rocks
- Raven Rocks is located in Hampshire County
- Ridgedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shanks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Spring Gap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gap
- Spring Gap is located in Hampshire County
- Three Churches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Yellow Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Spring
- Yellow Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellow Spring <4>
- Shanks
How Far From Augusta 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 Augusta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Augusta and extending to:
- Romney, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Augusta to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,534 miles [7,296.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Augusta. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 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 Augusta 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Augusta) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Augusta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2954, Longitude: -78.6377 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Augusta to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.819 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.557 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.246 degrees. |