Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falls and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Falls
- 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 Falls:
- 39.175106, -79.118923
- 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 Falls
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Falls is near Hardy County and also Mineral County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- eBird sighting report for Mineral 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 Falls ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Falls.
Within West Virginia, the name Falls is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Falls lies 3,263 miles [5,251.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Falls that is located in Grant County.
- British Columbia
- This Falls lies 2,263 miles [3,641.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Falls that is located in Grant County.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New York
- Niagara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Falls [Niagara County].
- Tompkins County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Falls [Tompkins County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Falls lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Falls that is located in Grant County.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Falls [Philadelphia County].
- Wyoming County
- This Falls is located in Wyoming County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northeast of the Falls that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Falls.
- Virginia
- Nottoway County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Falls [Nottoway County].
- Stafford County
- This Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Falls that is located in Grant County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Falls.
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falls ...
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.
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Fisher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Fisher is located in Hardy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fisher <5>
- Greenland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Hartmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Maysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Meadow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Medley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medley
- Medley is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medley <5>
- Mount Storm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Storm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Storm
- Mount Storm is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Storm <5>
- Skyline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Town Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Walnut Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
- Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
How Far From Falls 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 Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Falls and extending to:
- Petersburg, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Falls to Petersburg, with an average speed<7> 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 146 miles [235 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,973 miles [9,612.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,684 miles [10,756.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,560 miles [7,338.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Falls. 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1751, Longitude: -79.1189 In this case, the coordinates for Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Falls 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Falls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.114 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.874 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.497 degrees. |