Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Frost, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Frost and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Frost
- 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 Frost:
- 38.270728, -79.880827
- 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 Frost
- 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 Pocahontas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Since Frost is near Bath County and also Highland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bath County
- eBird sighting report for Highland 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 Frost ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Frost.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Frost.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Frost [Allegany County].
- Anne Arundel County
- This Frost is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Frost that is located in Pocahontas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Frost.
- Michigan
- Clare 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 Frost [Clare County].
- Houghton County
- This Frost is located in Houghton County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Frost that is located in Pocahontas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houghton County community of Frost.
- Saginaw County
- This Frost is located in Saginaw County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km] to the north northwest of the Frost that is located in Pocahontas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Frost.
- Minnesota
- Montana
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Frost [Bernalillo County].
- Quay County
- This community is historic and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Frost.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
Curious and Interesting Names Near Frost ...
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.
- Buckeye ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Clover Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Lick
- Clover Lick is located in Pocahontas County
- Deer Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Deer Creek is located in Pocahontas County
- Dunmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunmore have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
- Dunmore is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <5>
- Huntersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Huntersville is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntersville <5>
- Knapp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Minnehaha Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnehaha Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Springs
- Minnehaha Springs is located in Pocahontas County
- Stony Bottom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Bottom
- Stony Bottom is located in Pocahontas County
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Sunset ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Thorny Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
- Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
How Far From Frost 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 Frost to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Frost and extending to:
- Marlinton, which is the Seat of Pocahontas County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Frost to Marlinton, with an average speed<6> 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 94 miles [151.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,754 miles [10,869.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Frost. 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 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 Frost 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' (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- Frost) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Frost. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2707, Longitude: -79.8808 In this case, the coordinates for Frost have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Frost, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Frost to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.608 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.30 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.141 degrees. |