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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dutch 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 Dutch:
- 38.805098, -80.618149
- 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
- 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 Braxton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- Since Dutch is near Lewis County and also Gilmer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer 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
Communities Also Named Dutch ...
We found two communities that are also named Dutch.
Within West Virginia, the name Dutch is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Grainger 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 Tennessee community of Dutch [Grainger County].
- Wyoming
- Sheridan County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Sheridan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheridan County community of Dutch.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dutch ...
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.
- Bonnie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bonnie is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bower is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
- Bulltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Copen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Copen is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen
- Cutlips
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cutlips is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlips
- Exchange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Falls Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill
- Flatwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gem is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Gregory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Heaters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Joppa is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lloydsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- McNutt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McNutt is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Orlando
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Orlando is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
How Far From Dutch to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Dutch and extending to:
- Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dutch to Sutton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,640 miles [7,467.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Dutch 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> | 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 Dutch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Dutch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8051, Longitude: -80.6181 In this case, the coordinates for Dutch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.034 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.866 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.275 degrees. |
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