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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 Chapmanville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville:
- 37.973213, -82.016999
- 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 Chapmanville
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Chapmanville is near Boone County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Chapmanville
Communities Also Named Chapmanville ...
We found three communities that are also named Chapmanville.
Within West Virginia, the name Chapmanville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chapmanville [Clay County].
- New Brunswick
- This Chapmanville lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Chapmanville that is located in Logan County.
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- This Chapmanville is located in Venango County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Chapmanville that is located in Logan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Chapmanville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapmanville ...
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.
- Anchor
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Anchor is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Big Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dollie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dollie is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollie
- Fry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Halcyon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Halcyon is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Kitchen
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kitchen is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
- Manila
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pecks Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
- Stone Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stone Branch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Branch
- Sunset Court
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Court is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
How Far From Chapmanville 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 town such as Chapmanville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapmanville and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the South.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Chapmanville to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 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 Chapmanville 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chapmanville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9732, Longitude: -82.0170 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.901 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.731 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.148 degrees. |
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