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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 Hoard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoard 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 Hoard:
    • 39.704802, -79.932282
    • 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 Hoard
  • 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
    • Since Hoard is near Fayette County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Hoard

Communities Also Named Hoard ...

We found two communities that are also named Hoard.

Within West Virginia, the name Hoard is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Wood County
      • This Hoard is located in Wood County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hoard that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Hoard.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Hoard [Sheboygan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoard ...

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.

  • Bobtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bobtown is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
  • Canyon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Canyon is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Cheat Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
  • Fieldcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fieldcrest is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Greystone is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Ices Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ices Ferry is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ices Ferry
  • Locust Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Hill is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Maidsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Maidsville is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
  • Park Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Park Hills is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Randall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Randall is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Rosedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rosedale is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Sprucetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Sprucetown is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucetown
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Star City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Star City is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
    • Stewartstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stewartstown is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
    • Sunnyside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunset Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Beach is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tanglewood is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Walnut Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Greene County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

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

  • Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Hoard to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Hoard) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hoard 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 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.
<4>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 Hoard 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 Hoard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7048, Longitude: -79.9323       In this case, the coordinates for Hoard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.583 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.487 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.662 degrees.