Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Horton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Horton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Horton
- 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 Horton:
- 38.807334, -79.542553
- 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 Horton
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Horton is near Pendleton County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Horton ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Horton.
Within West Virginia, the name Horton is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- DeKalb County
- This Horton is located in DeKalb County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Horton.
- Marshall County
- This Horton is located in Marshall County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the southwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Horton.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Brown County
- This Horton is located in Brown County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the west of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Horton.
- Lyon 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 Kansas community of Horton [Lyon County].
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- Michigan
- Genesee 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 Horton [Genesee County].
- Jackson County
- This Horton is located in Jackson County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Horton.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Bates 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 Missouri community of Horton [Bates County].
- Howell County
- This Horton is located in Howell County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the west of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Horton.
- Vernon County
- This Horton is located in Vernon County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the west of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Horton.
- Montana
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Ohio
- Athens County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Athens County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Horton.
- Harrison County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Horton [Harrison County].
- Logan County
- This Horton is located in Logan County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Horton.
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- This Horton is located in Klamath County and lies 2,192 miles [3,527.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Horton.
- Lane County
- This Horton is located in Lane County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km] to the west northwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Horton.
- Texas
- Delta County
- This Horton is located in Delta County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Horton.
- Jasper County
- This Horton is located in Jasper County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km] to the west southwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Horton.
- Panola County
- This Horton is located in Panola County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km] to the west southwest of the Horton that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Horton.
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Horton ...
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.
- Cheat Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheat Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Junction
- Cheat Junction is located in Randolph County
- Circleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Circleville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <5>
- Dryfork
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryfork
- Dryfork is located in Randolph County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryfork <5>
- Elk River Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk River Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Elk River Junction is located in Randolph County
- Evenwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Flint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Job
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Key ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Little Italy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Italy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Little Italy is located in Randolph County
- Macksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Macksville is located in Pendleton County
- Perlytown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Horton 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 Horton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Horton and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Horton to Elkins, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 134 miles [215.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,007 miles [9,667.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Horton. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Horton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Horton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8073, Longitude: -79.5426 In this case, the coordinates for Horton 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 Horton 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Horton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Horton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.385 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.127 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.811 degrees. |