Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Baughman Settlement:
  • 39.011497, -78.738629
  • 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 Baughman Settlement

• 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 Hardy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
  • Since Baughman Settlement is near Shenandoah County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 Baughman Settlement

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baughman Settlement ...

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.

• Bean Settlement
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bean Settlement is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Settlement
• Fort Run
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
• Furnace ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Furnace is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
• Inkerman
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
• Jerome
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
• Kirby
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Kirby is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
• Lost City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lost City is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lost City <1>
• Needmore
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Needmore is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Rockland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockland is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Baughman Settlement and extending to:

• Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Baughman Settlement to Moorefield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 91 miles [146.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,964 miles [9,598.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,674 miles [10,740.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,550 miles [7,322.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'