Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bens Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bens Run and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bens Run
- 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 Bens Run:
- 39.465909, -81.108445
- 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 Bens Run
- 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tyler County
- Since Bens Run is near Washington County and also Pleasants County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Pleasants 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 Bens Run ...
We found one communities that share the name Bens Run.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Bens Run.
Beyond West Virginia.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bens Run ...
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.
- Algeria ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Archers Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archers Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archers Fork
- Archers Fork is located in Washington County (OH)
- Beavertown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beavertown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Beavertown is located in Washington County (OH)
- Everett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Falls Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
- Federal ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Friendly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
- Friendly is located in Tyler County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Glass
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
- Grape Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Island
- Grape Island is located in Pleasants County
- Little
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Long Reach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Reach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Reach
- Long Reach is located in Tyler County
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- Point Lookout
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Lookout have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
- Raven Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raven Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
- Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
- Spring Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
- Spring Run is located in Pleasants County
- Sugar Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Union Mills is located in Pleasants County
- Wasp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Point Lookout
How Far From Bens Run 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 Bens Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bens Run and extending to:
- Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bens Run to Middlebourne, with an average speed<4> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,042 miles [9,723.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,634 miles [7,457.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bens Run. 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 Bens Run 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bens Run) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bens Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4659, Longitude: -81.1084 In this case, the coordinates for Bens Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Bens Run to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.312 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.265 degrees. |