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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 Hodam, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hodam 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 Hodam:
- 38.620383, -80.382582
- 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 Hodam
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Hodam is near Upshur County and also Braxton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton 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 Hodam
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hodam ...
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.
- Bergoo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bergoo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergoo
- Big Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Cherry Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cherry Falls is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Falls
- Curtin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Curtin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
- Diana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Diana is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Fishers Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fishers Crossing is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Crossing
- Florence ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Guardian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Guardian is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guardian
- Hacker Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Holly is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Jumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Little Wildcat ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Little Wildcat is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wildcat
- Pickens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ralph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ralph is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Silica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Silica is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Skidmore Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Skidmore Crossing is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Crossing
- Wildcat ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wildcat is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
How Far From Hodam 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 Hodam to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hodam and extending to:
- Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Hodam to Webster Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,050 miles [9,736.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Hodam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hodam 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 Hodam. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6204, Longitude: -80.3826 In this case, the coordinates for Hodam have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.898 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.682 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.236 degrees. |
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