Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Hoover Town:
  • 38.880656, -80.307584
  • 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 Hoover Town

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
  • Since Hoover Town is near Lewis County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Hoover Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoover Town ...

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.

• Atlas
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Atlas is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
• Carter
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
• Evergreen
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Evergreen is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
• Freeman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Freeman is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• French Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • French Creek is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Creek <1>
• Georgetown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Holly Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Holly Grove is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
• Imperial
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Imperial is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
• Jewell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jewell is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
• Rock Cave
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
• Rocky Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rocky Ford is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
• Sellers ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sellers is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
• Tenmile
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tenmile is located in Upshur County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile

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

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

• Buckhannon, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Hoover Town to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,035 miles [9,712.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,748 miles [10,859.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,623 miles [7,440 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'