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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 Craigsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craigsville 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 Craigsville:
    • 38.330666, -80.653147
    • 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 Craigsville
  • 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 Nicholas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
    • Since Craigsville is near Webster County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Craigsville

Communities Also Named Craigsville ...

We found three communities that are also named Craigsville.

Within West Virginia, the name Craigsville is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Craigsville is located in Armstrong County and lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Craigsville that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Craigsville.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • 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 South Carolina community of Craigsville [Lancaster County].
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This Craigsville is located in Augusta County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Craigsville that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Craigsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Craigsville ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Beaver is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
  • Boggs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Boggs is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
  • Canvas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Canvas is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canvas
  • Curtin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Curtin is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
  • Deepwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Deepwell is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwell
  • Delphi
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Delphi is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
  • Donald
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Donald is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Hookersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
  • Marybill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Marybill is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marybill
  • Opal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Opal is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Richwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Craigsville 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 Craigsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Craigsville to Summersville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west (W). 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 199 miles [320.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,074 miles [9,775.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Craigsville) 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 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 Craigsville 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Craigsville 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 Craigsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3307, Longitude: -80.6531       In this case, the coordinates for Craigsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.069 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.835 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.449 degrees.