Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bean 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 Bean Settlement:
  • 39.115106, -78.825854
  • 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 Bean 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 Bean Settlement is near Hampshire County and also Grant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant 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 Bean Settlement

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bean 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.

• Fisher
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <1>
• Fort Run
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Run is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
• Inkerman
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Inkerman is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
• Kirby
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kirby is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
• Meadow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Meadow is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
• Needmore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Needmore is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
• Pancake
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pancake is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pancake
• Sector
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sector is located in Hampshire County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sector
• Tannery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tannery is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
• Walnut Bottom
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom

How Far From Bean Settlement 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 Bean 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 Bean Settlement and extending to:

• Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Bean Settlement to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,963 miles [9,596.5 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 4,549 miles [7,320.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'