Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Big Moses:
  • 39.431636, -80.784410
  • 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 Big Moses

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
  • Since Big Moses is near Doddridge County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Big Moses

Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Moses ...

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.

• Bearsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Bearsville is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearsville
• Blue
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Blue is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Blue
  • From Big Moses to Blue
• Centerville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Centerville is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
• Dale
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dale is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
• Deep Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Deep Valley is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
• King
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • King is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
• Link
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Link is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
• Little Pittsburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Pittsburg is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pittsburg
• Locke
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Locke is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
• Lonetree
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lonetree is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
• Meeker
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Meeker is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
• Stringtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Stringtown is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Sunnyside
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sunnyside is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

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

• Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Big Moses to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 203 miles [326.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'