Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Gauley Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gauley Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Gauley Mills

• 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 Gauley Mills:
  • 38.361499, -80.583422
  • 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 Gauley Mills

• 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
  • Since Gauley Mills is near Nicholas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Gauley Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gauley Mills ...

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.

• Beaver
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beaver is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
• Boggs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Boggs is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
• Craigsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Craigsville is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craigsville <1>
• Curtin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Curtin is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
• Delphi
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Delphi is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
• Donald
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Donald is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
• Dyer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dyer is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
• Halo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Halo is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
• Marybill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Marybill is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marybill
• Richwood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Richwood is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <1>

How Far From Gauley Mills 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 Gauley Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gauley Mills and extending to:

• Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gauley Mills to Webster Springs, with an average speed<3> 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,069 miles [9,767.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,781 miles [10,913 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'