Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Great Cacapon:
  • 39.620093, -78.292509
  • 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 Great Cacapon

• 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
  • Since Great Cacapon is near Washington County and also Allegany 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 Allegany 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 Great Cacapon

Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Cacapon ...

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.

• Bath
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bath is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
• Burnt Factory
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Burnt Factory is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
• Doe Gully
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Doe Gully is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Gully
• Duckwall
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Duckwall is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckwall
• Forest Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Forest Park is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
• Harvey
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Harvey is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
• Jimtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jimtown is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
• Little Orleans
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Little Orleans is located in Allegany County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Orleans
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Orleans <1>
• Orleans Cross Roads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Orleans Cross Roads is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Cross Roads
• Ridersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ridersville is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridersville
• Roundtop ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Roundtop is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
• Sir Johns Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sir Johns Run is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sir Johns Run

How Far From Great Cacapon 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 Great Cacapon to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Berkeley Springs, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the East.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Great Cacapon to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,919 miles [9,525.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'