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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 Hundred, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hundred 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 Hundred:
- 39.683617, -80.459112
- 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 Hundred
- 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
- Since Hundred is near Greene County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Hundred
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hundred ...
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.
- Anthem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cottontown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cottontown is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottontown
- Deep Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Deep Valley is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Hero
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hero is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
- Knob Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Knob Fork is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Fork
- Littleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ned
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ned is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
- New Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rockport is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Round Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandrock is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandrock
- Uniontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Hundred to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Hundred to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hundred and extending to:
- New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hundred to New Martinsville, with an average speed<2> 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 most of a day.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Hundred) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hundred 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 Hundred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6836, Longitude: -80.4591 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.906 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.851 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.902 degrees. |
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