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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 Booher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booher 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 Booher:
- 39.443970, -80.771215
- 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 Booher
- 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 Booher 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 Booher
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booher ...
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.
- Big Moses
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Big Moses is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
- Blue
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blue is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Link
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Meeker
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meeker is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Stringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stringtown is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Booher 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 Booher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Booher and extending to:
- Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Booher 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 6,029 miles [9,702.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,621 miles [7,436.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Booher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Booher 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 Booher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4440, Longitude: -80.7712 In this case, the coordinates for Booher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.106 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.043 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.124 degrees. |
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