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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 Dutch Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch Town 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 Dutch Town:
    • 40.267848, -80.612574
    • 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 Dutch Town
  • 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 Brooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke County
    • Since Dutch Town is near Jefferson County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Dutch Town

Communities Also Named Dutch Town ...

We found two communities that are also named Dutch Town.

Within West Virginia, the name Dutch Town is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Dutch Town [DeKalb County].
    • Louisiana
      • Ascension Parish
      • This Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Dutch Town that is located in Brooke County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Dutch Town.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch Town ...

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.

  • Arnold
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Arnold is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
  • Beech Bottom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
  • Brilliant
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Brilliant is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
  • Deandale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Deandale is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deandale
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Franklin is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Georges Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Georges Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Run
  • Louise
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Louise is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
  • Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lower Ferry is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ferry
  • Mingo Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Power
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Power is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power
  • Rabbit Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rabbit Hill is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Hill
  • Rockdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockdale is located in Brooke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rush Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rush Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
    • Salt Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Salt Run is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Run
    • Shank Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Shank Town is located in Brooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
    • Stringer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Stringer is located in Jefferson County (OH)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
    • Virginville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Virginville is located in Brooke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginville

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

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

  • Wellsburg, which is the Seat of Brooke County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dutch Town to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 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 Dutch Town 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dutch Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Dutch Town 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 Dutch Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2678, Longitude: -80.6126       In this case, the coordinates for Dutch Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.976 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.019 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.765 degrees.