Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hemlock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hemlock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hemlock
- 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 Hemlock:
- 38.783994, -80.140355
- 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 Hemlock
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since Hemlock is near Randolph County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Hemlock ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Hemlock.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Hemlock.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Fayette County
- Jackson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Iosco County
- This Hemlock is located in Iosco County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iosco County community of Hemlock.
- Iron 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 Michigan community of Hemlock [Iron County].
- Montmorency County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hemlock [Montmorency County].
- Saginaw County
- This Hemlock is located in Saginaw County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km] to the north northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Hemlock.
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ashe 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 North Carolina community of Hemlock [Ashe County].
- Transylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hemlock [Transylvania County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Hemlock lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the north of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Hemlock is located in Lane County and lies 2,201 miles [3,542.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Hemlock.
- Multnomah County
- This Hemlock is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,190 miles [3,524.5 km] to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Hemlock.
- Tillamook County
- This Hemlock is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,256 miles [3,630.7 km] to the west northwest of the Hemlock that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Hemlock.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hemlock ...
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.
- Blue Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Chemical ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Czar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Huff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Imperial
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Palace Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palace Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Valley
- Palace Valley is located in Upshur County
- Queens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Tenmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Hemlock 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 Hemlock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hemlock and extending to:
- Buckhannon, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hemlock to Buckhannon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,032 miles [9,707.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hemlock. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hemlock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hemlock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7840, Longitude: -80.1404 In this case, the coordinates for Hemlock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hemlock 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> | 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 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 Hemlock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.746 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.534 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.076 degrees. |