Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Beard Heights:
  • 38.207342, -80.107288
  • 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 Beard Heights

• 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 Pocahontas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
  • Since Beard Heights is near Greenbrier County and also Bath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath 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 Beard Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beard Heights ...

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.

• Buckeye
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Buckeye is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckeye <1>
• Burr
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Burr is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
• Huntersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Huntersville is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntersville <1>
• Knapp
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Knapp is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
• Mill Run ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill Run is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
• Minnehaha Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Minnehaha Springs is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Springs
• Raintown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Raintown is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintown
• Sunset ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sunset is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
• Thorny Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
• Violet
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Violet is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet

How Far From Beard Heights to ...

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

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

• Marlinton, which is the Seat of Pocahontas County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Beard Heights to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,642 miles [7,470.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'