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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 Four Mile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Four Mile 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 Four Mile:
    • 39.587026, -80.618981
    • 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 Four Mile
  • 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Since Four Mile is near Tyler County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Four Mile

Communities Also Named Four Mile ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Four Mile.

Within West Virginia, the name Four Mile is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Four Mile is located in Calhoun County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Four Mile that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Four Mile.
    • Kansas
      • Butler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Four Mile [Butler County].
      • Lyon County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lyon County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Four Mile.
      • Morris 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 Kansas community of Four Mile [Morris County].
      • Rice 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 Kansas community of Four Mile [Rice County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Four Mile [Bell County].
    • Mississippi
      • Humphreys County
      • This Four Mile is located in Humphreys County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Four Mile that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Four Mile.
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • Although located in Dunklin County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Four Mile.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Four Mile is located in Burlington County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the east of the Four Mile that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Four Mile.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Four Mile is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Four Mile that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Four Mile.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Four Mile [Guilford County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This Four Mile is located in Jackson County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Four Mile that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Four Mile.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Four Mile [Charleston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Four Mile ...

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.

  • Anthem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Anthem is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
  • Archer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Archer is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Big Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Run is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Carbide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carbide is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbide
  • Dean
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dean is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
  • Halls Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Halls Mills is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
  • Hazel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • King
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • King is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kingstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Kingstown is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
    • Knob Fork
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Knob Fork is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Fork
    • Reader
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Reader is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
    • Sincerity
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sincerity is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sincerity
    • Uniontown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Wheat
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wheat is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat

How Far From Four Mile 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 Four Mile to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Four Mile to New Martinsville, with an average speed<4> 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 101 miles [162.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Four Mile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Four Mile 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.
<3>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 Four Mile, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Four Mile 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 Four Mile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5870, Longitude: -80.6190       In this case, the coordinates for Four Mile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.008 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.952 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.007 degrees.