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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 Jefferson Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jefferson Village 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 Jefferson Village:
- 39.326212, -77.886663
- 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 Jefferson Village
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Jefferson Village is near Berkeley County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Jefferson Village
Communities Also Named Jefferson Village ...
We found five communities that are also named Jefferson Village.
Within West Virginia, the name Jefferson Village is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Westchester County
- This Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jefferson Village that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Jefferson Village.
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- This Jefferson Village is located in Davidson County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Jefferson Village that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Jefferson Village.
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- This Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Jefferson Village that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Jefferson Village.
- Fairfax County
- This Jefferson Village is located in Fairfax County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the southeast of the Jefferson Village that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Jefferson Village.
- Richmond City
- 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 Virginia community of Jefferson Village [Richmond City].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jefferson Village ...
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.
- Blair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blair is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Grubbs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs Corner is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
- Halltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Halltown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
- Harmony ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harpers Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jamestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Leetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leetown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
- Mechanicstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mechanicstown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mountain Mission
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Mission is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mission
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Silver Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silver Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Grove
- Summit Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summit Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Point
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheatland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
How Far From Jefferson Village 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 community such as Jefferson Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jefferson Village and extending to:
- Charles Town, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Jefferson Village to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,915 miles [9,519.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,500 miles [7,242 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Jefferson Village) 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 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 Jefferson Village 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jefferson Village 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 Jefferson Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3262, Longitude: -77.8867 In this case, the coordinates for Jefferson Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.368 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.911 degrees. |
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