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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 Bonnie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonnie 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 Bonnie:
- 38.769542, -80.693152
- 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 Bonnie
- 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 Bonnie is near Gilmer County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Bonnie
Communities Also Named Bonnie ...
We found five communities that are also named Bonnie.
Within West Virginia, the name Bonnie is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Polk County
- This Bonnie is located in Polk County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the south of the Bonnie that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Bonnie.
- Illinois
- Jefferson County
- This Bonnie is located in Jefferson County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west of the Bonnie that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bonnie.
- Kane County
- This Bonnie is located in Kane County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km] to the west northwest of the Bonnie that is located in Braxton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Bonnie.
- Kentucky
- Clay 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 Kentucky community of Bonnie [Clay County].
- Utah
- Utah County
- Although located in Utah County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Utah County community of Bonnie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonnie ...
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.
- Bower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bower is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Bulltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Copen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Copen is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen
- Cutlips
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cutlips is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlips
- Dutch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch
- Exchange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flatwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flower is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower
- Gem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- German ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- German is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
- Heaters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Hope ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hope is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Little Otter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Otter is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Otter
- Lloydsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- McNutt
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
How Far From Bonnie 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 Bonnie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bonnie and extending to:
- Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Bonnie 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 196 miles [315.4 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 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,769 miles [10,893.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,645 miles [7,475.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bonnie) 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 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 Bonnie 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 Bonnie 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 Bonnie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7695, Longitude: -80.6932 In this case, the coordinates for Bonnie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.081 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.913 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.319 degrees. |
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