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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 Bison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bison and the surrounding area.
- 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 Bison:
- 38.655378, -80.741765
- 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 Bison
- 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 Braxton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- Since Bison is near Nicholas County and also Webster 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 Webster 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 Bison
Communities Also Named Bison ...
We found five communities that are also named Bison.
Within West Virginia, the name Bison is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Rush County
- This Bison is located in Rush County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the west of the Bison that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Bison.
- Montana
- Glacier County
- This Bison is located in Glacier County and lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bison that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Bison.
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- This Bison is located in Garfield County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the west of the Bison that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Bison.
- South Dakota
- Perkins County
- This Bison is located in Perkins County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bison that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perkins County community of Bison.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bison [Cocke County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bison ...
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.
- Flatwoods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frametown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Gassaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Home is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Little Birch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Little Otter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Otter is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Otter
- Lloydsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- McNutt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Middle Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Run is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Run
- Shadyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shadyside is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Tesla
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tesla is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla
- Thrash ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thrash is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrash
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
How Far From Bison 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 Bison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bison and extending to:
- Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Bison to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bison 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Bison 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 Bison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6554, Longitude: -80.7418 In this case, the coordinates for Bison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.114 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.934 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.379 degrees. |
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