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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Beatysville:
    • 39.037024, -81.627071
    • 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 Beatysville
  • 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Since Beatysville is near Wood County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Beatysville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beatysville ...

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.

  • Cuba
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuba is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
  • Drift Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Drift Run is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift Run
  • Fountain Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fountain Spring is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Spring
  • Jerrys Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
  • Lone Cedar
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
  • Manganese ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Manganese is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese
  • Neptune
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Neptune is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Peewee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Peewee is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
  • Pond Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pond Creek is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Powers ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Powers is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Randolph Landing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
    • Reedsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Reedsville is located in Meigs County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
    • Rockport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockport is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Skull Run
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Skull Run is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
    • Windy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Windy is located in Wirt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Beatysville once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beatysville and extending to:

  • Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beatysville to Ripley, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Beatysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beatysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Beatysville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beatysville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0370, Longitude: -81.6271       In this case, the coordinates for Beatysville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.643 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.594 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.638 degrees.