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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 Chestnut Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chestnut Hills 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 Chestnut Hills:
    • 39.270645, -80.351757
    • 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 Chestnut Hills
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Chestnut Hills is near Taylor County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 Chestnut Hills

Communities Also Named Chestnut Hills ...

We found nine communities that are also named Chestnut Hills.

Within West Virginia, the name Chestnut Hills is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Chestnut Hills.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Chestnut Hills.
      • Prince George's County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Prince George's County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km] to the east of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Chestnut Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Cumberland County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Chestnut Hills.
      • Wake County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Wake County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south southeast of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Chestnut Hills.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chestnut Hills.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Greenville County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Chestnut Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Roane County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Chestnut Hills.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke City
      • This Chestnut Hills is located in Roanoke City and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south of the Chestnut Hills that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Chestnut Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chestnut Hills ...

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.

  • Erie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Erie is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Glen Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Falls is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Falls
  • Gore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gore is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Industrial
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Industrial is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial
  • Katy Lick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Katy Lick is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy Lick
  • Liberty
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Lodgeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lodgeville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgeville
  • Meadowbrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Nutter Fort
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Nutter Fort is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Fort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,501 people
  • Quiet Dell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
  • Summit Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Summit Park is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
  • Sun Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sun Valley is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
  • Wolf Summit
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wolf Summit is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Summit

How Far From Chestnut Hills 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 community such as Chestnut Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Chestnut Hills to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 6 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,020 miles [9,688.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,734 miles [10,837.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Chestnut Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Chestnut Hills 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.
<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 Chestnut Hills 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 Chestnut Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2706, Longitude: -80.3518       In this case, the coordinates for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.856 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.733 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.999 degrees.