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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 Briscoe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briscoe 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 Briscoe:
    • 39.349519, -81.532902
    • 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 Briscoe
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Briscoe is near Washington County and also Pleasants County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants 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 Briscoe

Communities Also Named Briscoe ...

We found eight communities that are also named Briscoe.

Within West Virginia, the name Briscoe is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Morgan County
      • This Briscoe is located in Morgan County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Briscoe that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Briscoe.
    • Georgia
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Briscoe [Polk County].
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Briscoe [Clark County].
    • Iowa
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Briscoe [Adams County].
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Briscoe is located in Calvert County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Briscoe that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Briscoe.
    • Missouri
      • Lincoln County
      • This Briscoe is located in Lincoln County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west of the Briscoe that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Briscoe.
    • New York
      • Sullivan County
      • This Briscoe is located in Sullivan County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Briscoe that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Briscoe.
    • Texas
      • Wheeler County
      • This Briscoe is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the west of the Briscoe that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Briscoe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Briscoe ...

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.

  • Boreman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Boreman is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boreman
  • Central
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Central is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Constitution
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Constitution is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constitution
  • Liberty Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hills
  • Locust Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Locust Fork is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Fork
  • Ponderosa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ponderosa is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Riverview is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rockland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockland is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Rolling Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Sand Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sand Hill is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Scenic Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scenic Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
  • Sunrise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sunrise is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sunset Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
    • Tallyho
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tallyho is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallyho
    • Valley Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley Mills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
    • Woodland Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Woodland Park is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Briscoe and extending to:

  • Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Briscoe to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Briscoe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Briscoe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Briscoe 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.
<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 Briscoe 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 Briscoe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3495, Longitude: -81.5329       In this case, the coordinates for Briscoe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.576 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.565 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.492 degrees.