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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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chapmanville
  • 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 Chapmanville ...

We found three communities that share the name Chapmanville.

Within West Virginia, the name Chapmanville is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anchor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
    • Anchor is located in Boone County
  • Big Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
    • Big Creek is located in Logan County
  • Daisy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Daisy is located in Logan County
  • Dollie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dollie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollie
    • Dollie is located in Lincoln County
  • Fry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
    • Fry is located in Lincoln County
  • Halcyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
    • Halcyon is located in Logan County
  • Kitchen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kitchen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
    • Kitchen is located in Logan County
  • Manila
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manila have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
    • Manila is located in Boone County
  • Pecks Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecks Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
    • Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
  • Stone Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Branch
    • Stone Branch is located in Logan County
  • Sunset Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
    • Sunset Court is located in Logan County

How Far From Chapmanville 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 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chapmanville. 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 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 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 '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- Chapmanville) to Point B.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    
<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 Chapmanville 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 310.901 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.731 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.148 degrees.









 

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