Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Grape Island:
  • 39.421464, -81.181779
  • 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 Grape Island

• 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 Pleasants County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
  • Since Grape Island is near Washington County and also Tyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler 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 Grape Island

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grape Island ...

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.

• Archers Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Archers Fork is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archers Fork
• Beavertown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Beavertown is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
• Bens Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bens Run is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Run
• Cloverdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cloverdale is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Crisp ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crisp is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
• Federal ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Federal is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
• Green Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Run is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Run
• Murphy
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Murphy is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
• Point Lookout
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
• Raven Rock
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
• Spring Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Spring Run is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
• Sugar Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
• Union Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Mills is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills

How Far From Grape Island 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 Grape Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Grape Island and extending to:

• Saint Marys, which is the Seat of Pleasants County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Grape Island to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,764 miles [10,885.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'