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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • 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 Hanna:
    • 39.168411, -81.395119
    • 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 Hanna
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Hanna is near Wirt County and also Ritchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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 Hanna

Communities Also Named Hanna ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Hanna.

Within West Virginia, the name Hanna is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Hanna lies 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Hanna is located in Chicot County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Hanna.
    • Colorado
      • Rio Grande County
      • This Hanna is located in Rio Grande County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<1> to the west of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Grande County community of Hanna.
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hanna [Peoria County].
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Hanna is located in LaPorte County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Hanna.
    • Iowa
      • Kossuth County
      • This Hanna is located in Kossuth County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Hanna.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Hanna is located in Red River Parish and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Hanna.
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This Hanna is located in Pulaski County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the west of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Hanna.
    • New York
      • Tioga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hanna [Tioga County].
    • Oklahoma
      • McIntosh County
      • This Hanna is located in McIntosh County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McIntosh County community of Hanna.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Hanna is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Hanna.
    • Utah
      • Duchesne County
      • This Hanna is located in Duchesne County and lies 1,553 miles [2,499.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Hanna.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Hanna is located in Carbon County and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hanna that is located in Wood County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Hanna.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanna ...

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.

  • Cool Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cool Springs is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
  • Creels
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Creels is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creels
  • Deerwalk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Deerwalk is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwalk
  • Freeport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeport is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Greencastle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greencastle is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Kingbury ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingbury is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingbury
  • Leachtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leachtown is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
  • Mineral Wells
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Murphytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphytown is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphytown
  • Oil Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oil Spring is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Spring
  • Petroleum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
  • Red Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Hill is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Slate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Slate is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
  • Standingstone ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Standingstone is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standingstone

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hanna and extending to:

  • Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hanna to Parkersburg, with an average speed<4> 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 58 miles [93.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 234 miles [376.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,067 miles [9,763.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,783 miles [10,916.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Hanna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Hanna 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hanna to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hanna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1684, Longitude: -81.3951       In this case, the coordinates for Hanna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.497 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.447 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.492 degrees.