Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Goodwill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Goodwill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Goodwill
- 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 Goodwill:
- 37.354283, -81.289545
- 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 Goodwill
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Goodwill is near Tazewell County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Goodwill ...
We found eight communities that share the name Goodwill.
Within West Virginia, the name Goodwill is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Webster Parish
- This Goodwill is located in Webster Parish and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Goodwill.
- West Carroll Parish
- This Goodwill is located in West Carroll Parish and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km] to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Carroll Parish community of Goodwill.
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Burleson County
- This Goodwill is located in Burleson County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burleson County community of Goodwill.
- Washington County
- This Goodwill is located in Washington County and lies 983 miles [1,582 km] to the west southwest of the Goodwill that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Goodwill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Goodwill ...
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.
- Abbs Valley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbs Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbs Valley
- Abbs Valley is located in Mercer County
- Bluestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Cherokee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Coaldale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Coopers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers
- Coopers is located in Mercer County
- Flipping
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Freeman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Littlesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlesburg
- Littlesburg is located in Mercer County
- Pocahontas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
- Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock <4>
- Sandlick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Yards
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yards
- Yards is located in Tazewell County (VA)
How Far From Goodwill 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 Goodwill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Goodwill and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Goodwill to Princeton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 71 miles [114.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,144 miles [9,887.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,853 miles [11,028.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,729 miles [7,610.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Goodwill. 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Goodwill 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Goodwill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goodwill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3543, Longitude: -81.2895 In this case, the coordinates for Goodwill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Goodwill 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 310.471 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.149 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.034 degrees. |