Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bentree:
  • 38.283716, -81.190943
  • 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 Bentree

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Bentree is near Nicholas County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Bentree

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bentree ...

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.

• Carbondale
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Carbondale is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
• Dixie
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dixie is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Glen
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Glen is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
• Independence
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Independence is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Jodie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jodie is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jodie
• Lyonsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
• Peters Junction
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Peters Junction is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Junction
• Pond Fork
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pond Fork is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
• Pond Gap
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pond Gap is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
• Spangler
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Spangler is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
• Swiss
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Swiss is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bentree and extending to:

• Clay, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Bentree to Clay, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east (E). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'