Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burch and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burch
- 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 Burch:
- 37.720102, -82.191525
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Burch
- 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 Mingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mingo County
- Since Burch is near Pike County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- eBird sighting report for Logan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Burch ...
We found six communities that share the name Burch.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Burch.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maryland
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burch ...
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.
- Blackberry City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackberry City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County
- Borderland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borderland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borderland
- Borderland is located in Mingo County
- Cinderella
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinderella have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinderella
- Cinderella is located in Mingo County
- Goodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Goody
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hardy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - New Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Parsley Bottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parsley Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsley Bottom
- Parsley Bottom is located in Mingo County
- Pine Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Creek is located in Logan County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Puritan Mines
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puritan Mines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan Mines
- Puritan Mines is located in Mingo County
- Ragland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Red Jacket
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Jacket have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County
- Scarlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Stringtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Pike County (KY)
- Turkey Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Turkey Creek is located in Pike County (KY)
- Puritan Mines
How Far From Burch 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 Burch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burch and extending to:
- Williamson, which is the Seat of Mingo County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Burch 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 290 miles [466.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,165 miles [9,921.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,753 miles [7,649.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Burch 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. |
| <2> | 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- Burch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7201, Longitude: -82.1915 In this case, the coordinates for Burch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Burch to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.009 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.818 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.301 degrees. |