Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fletcher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fletcher and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fletcher
- 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 Fletcher:
- 38.653568, -81.575683
- 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 Fletcher
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Fletcher is near Roane County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Roane County
- eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Fletcher ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Fletcher.
Within West Virginia, the name Fletcher is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Dixie County
- This Fletcher is located in Dixie County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<3> to the south of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Fletcher.
- Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Fletcher [Hillsborough County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Alpena 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 Michigan community of Fletcher [Alpena County].
- Kalkaska County
- This Fletcher is located in Kalkaska County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalkaska County community of Fletcher.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Esmeralda 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 Nevada community of Fletcher [Esmeralda County].
- Mineral County
- This Fletcher is located in Mineral County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Fletcher.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Fletcher is located in Henderson County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Fletcher.
- Wilkes County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Fletcher [Wilkes County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Fletcher lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<3> to the north of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Adams County
- This Fletcher is located in Adams County and lies 1,927 miles [3,101.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Fletcher that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Fletcher.
- Whitman 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 Washington community of Fletcher [Whitman County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fletcher ...
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.
- Advent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Flatfork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Goldtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Hicumbottom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicumbottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicumbottom
- Hicumbottom is located in Kanawha County
- Island Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Island Branch
- From Fletcher to Island Branch
- July ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Loop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Mattie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Mount Tell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Tell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tell
- Mount Tell is located in Jackson County
- Plum Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
- Plum Orchard is located in Jackson County
- Red Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Romance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
- Romance is located in Jackson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Romance
- From Fletcher to Romance
- Vicars
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Woodyard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Young
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Romance
How Far From Fletcher 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 Fletcher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fletcher and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fletcher to Ripley, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,812 miles [10,962.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,688 miles [7,544.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fletcher. 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 Fletcher 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 Fletcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Fletcher) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fletcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6536, Longitude: -81.5757 In this case, the coordinates for Fletcher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Fletcher to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.62 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.511 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.741 degrees. |