Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cumberland Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumberland Heights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cumberland Heights
- 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 Cumberland Heights:
- 37.259840, -81.193429
- 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 Cumberland Heights
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Cumberland Heights is near Bland County and also Tazewell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bland County
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell 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 Cumberland Heights ...
We found six communities that share the name Cumberland Heights.
Within West Virginia, the name Cumberland Heights is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Wayne 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 Illinois community of Cumberland Heights [Wayne County].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Allegany County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Cumberland County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Davidson County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Davidson County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the west of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Grundy County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Grundy County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km] to the west southwest of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Montgomery County
- This Cumberland Heights is located in Montgomery County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the west of the Cumberland Heights that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cumberland Heights.
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumberland Heights ...
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.
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbs Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County
- Billie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Brush Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brush Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Fork
- Brush Fork is located in Mercer County
- Edison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Edison is located in Mercer County
- Falls Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Falls Mills is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Green Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Green Valley is located in Mercer County
- Hales Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hales Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Bottom
- Hales Bottom is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Hicksville is located in Bland County (VA)
- Littlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Maple View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple View
- Maple View is located in Mercer County
- Rocky Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Gap
- Rocky Gap is located in Bland County (VA)
- Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Yards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
How Far From Cumberland Heights 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 Cumberland Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cumberland Heights and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cumberland Heights to Charleston, with an average speed<4>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 5 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 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,852 miles [11,027.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,729 miles [7,610.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cumberland Heights. 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 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 Cumberland Heights 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' (or 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- Cumberland Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumberland Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2598, Longitude: -81.1934 In this case, the coordinates for Cumberland Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Cumberland Heights 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 310.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.071 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.024 degrees. |