Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cisco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cisco and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cisco
- 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 Cisco:
- 39.126734, -81.283660
- 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 Cisco
- 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 Ritchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
- Since Cisco is near Wirt County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wirt County
- eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Cisco ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Cisco.
Within West Virginia, the name Cisco is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- This Cisco lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cisco that is located in Ritchie County.
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cisco ...
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.
- Brohard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cairo is located in Ritchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cairo
- From Cisco to Cairo
- Cherry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Dutchman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Elizabeth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elizabeth
- From Cisco to Elizabeth
- Freeport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Freeport
- From Cisco to Freeport
- Greencastle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Greencastle
- From Cisco to Greencastle
- Leachtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leachtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Leachtown
- From Cisco to Leachtown
- Nutter Farm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nutter Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Farm
- Nutter Farm is located in Ritchie County
- Oil Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Spring
- Oil Spring is located in Ritchie County
- Oxbow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oxbow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Oxbow
- From Cisco to Oxbow
- Petroleum
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Petroleum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Petroleum
- From Cisco to Petroleum
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pew Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Racy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Sandhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Slate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Slate is located in Wood County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Slate
- From Cisco to Slate
- Standingstone ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standingstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standingstone
- Standingstone is located in Wirt County
- Pew Hill
How Far From Cisco to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cisco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cisco and extending to:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Ritchie County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cisco to Harrisville, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<8> 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).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,780 miles [10,911.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cisco. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cisco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cisco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1267, Longitude: -81.2837 In this case, the coordinates for Cisco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Cisco 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> | 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 Cisco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Cisco to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.43 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.365 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.457 degrees. |