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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 Dille, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dille and the surrounding area.
- 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 Dille:
- 38.488992, -80.825656
- 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 Dille
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Dille is near Nicholas County and also Braxton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton 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 Dille
Communities Also Named Dille ...
We found one communities that are also named Dille.
Within West Virginia, the name Dille is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Dille in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Belmont 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 Ohio community of Dille [Belmont County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dille ...
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.
- Birch River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Duck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duck is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck
- Frame Knob ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frame Knob is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Knob
- Groves
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Groves is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
- Hookersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
- Ira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Little Birch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Little Birch is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
- Meadville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meadville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
- Middle Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Middle Run is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Run
- Opal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Opal is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
- Sand Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Strange Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Waggy ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waggy is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggy
How Far From Dille 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 Dille to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dille and extending to:
- Clay, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Dille to Clay, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 km] to the east (E). 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 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,662 miles [7,502.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Dille 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dille) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dille 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 Dille. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4890, Longitude: -80.8257 In this case, the coordinates for Dille have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.169 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.972 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.471 degrees. |
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