Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beatrice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beatrice and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beatrice
- 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 Beatrice:
- 39.083970, -81.139835
- 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 Beatrice
- 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 Ritchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
- Since Beatrice is near Calhoun County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Beatrice ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Beatrice.
Within West Virginia, the name Beatrice is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Humboldt County
- This Beatrice is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,261 miles [3,638.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beatrice that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Beatrice.
- Yolo County
- This Beatrice is located in Yolo County and lies 2,157 miles [3,471.4 km] to the west northwest of the Beatrice that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Beatrice.
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Mississippi
- Clarke County
- This Beatrice is located in Clarke County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beatrice that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Beatrice.
- Stone County
- This Beatrice is located in Stone County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the southwest of the Beatrice that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Beatrice.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Ontario
- This Beatrice lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the north of the Beatrice that is located in Ritchie County.
- South Dakota
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beatrice ...
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 Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Brohard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Dutchman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Freed
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Iris ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Long Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Oxbow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Pew Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Racy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Six Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Beatrice 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 Beatrice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beatrice and extending to:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Ritchie County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beatrice to Harrisville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,060 miles [9,752.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beatrice. 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beatrice) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beatrice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0840, Longitude: -81.1398 In this case, the coordinates for Beatrice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Beatrice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Beatrice 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Beatrice 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 310.343 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.259 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.408 degrees. |