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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 Boggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boggs 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 Boggs:
- 38.468717, -80.625092
- 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 Boggs
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Boggs is near Nicholas County and also Braxton 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 Braxton 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 Boggs
Communities Also Named Boggs ...
We found four communities that are also named Boggs.
Within West Virginia, the name Boggs is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Boggs.
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Boggs [Gallia County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Boggs [Allegheny County].
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This Boggs is located in Grainger County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Boggs that is located in Webster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Boggs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boggs ...
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.
- Beaver
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Beaver is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Birch River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Craigsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Delphi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delphi is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Dyer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Halo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Little Birch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Opal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Opal is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Skidmore Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Skidmore Crossing is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Crossing
- Tesla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tesla is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla
- Waggy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Waggy is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggy
How Far From Boggs 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 Boggs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boggs and extending to:
- Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Boggs to Webster Springs, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,778 miles [10,908.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boggs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Boggs 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Boggs 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 Boggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4687, Longitude: -80.6251 In this case, the coordinates for Boggs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.049 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.832 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.391 degrees. |
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