Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beckwith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beckwith and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beckwith
- 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 Beckwith:
- 38.097923, -81.153712
- 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 Beckwith
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Beckwith is near Nicholas County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Beckwith ...
We found ten communities that share the name Beckwith.
Within West Virginia, the name Beckwith is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Illinois
- Iowa
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Beckwith lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Beckwith that is located in Fayette County.
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Beckwith lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beckwith that is located in Fayette County.
- Tennessee
- Wyoming
- Lincoln County
- This Beckwith is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Beckwith that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Beckwith.
- Uinta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Beckwith [Uinta County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beckwith ...
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.
- Carver ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Chimney Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Chimney Corner is located in Fayette County
- Cotton Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Deep Water
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
- Deep Water is located in Fayette County
- Falls View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
- Falls View is located in Fayette County
- Glen Ferris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Ferris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ferris
- Glen Ferris is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Ferris <4>
- Hawks Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawks Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Lick Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Marvel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Michigan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mountain Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
How Far From Beckwith 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 Beckwith to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beckwith and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Beckwith to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,105 miles [9,825 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beckwith. 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> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Beckwith 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beckwith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beckwith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0979, Longitude: -81.1537 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Beckwith 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 310.377 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.151 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.739 degrees. |