Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Johnstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnstown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Johnstown
- 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 Johnstown:
- 37.227059, -81.598719
- 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 Johnstown
- 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 McDowell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- Since Johnstown is near Tazewell County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Johnstown ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Johnstown.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Johnstown.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 36 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Harrison County
- Raleigh County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Bibb County
- This Johnstown is located in Bibb County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the southwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Johnstown.
- Montgomery County
- This Johnstown is located in Montgomery County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km] to the southwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Johnstown.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Johnstown [Arapahoe County].
- Weld County
- This Johnstown is located in Weld County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Johnstown.
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Greene County
- This Johnstown is located in Greene County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Johnstown.
- Knox County
- This Johnstown is located in Knox County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km] to the west northwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Johnstown.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Bates County
- This Johnstown is located in Bates County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the west of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Johnstown.
- Jasper 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 Johnstown [Jasper County].
- Linn County
- This Johnstown is located in Linn County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km] to the west northwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Johnstown.
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Johnstown lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- Ohio
- Ashland County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Ashland County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Johnstown.
- Licking County
- This Johnstown is located in Licking County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Johnstown.
- Ontario
- This Johnstown lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Johnstown [Allegheny County].
- Cambria County
- This Johnstown is located in Cambria County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Johnstown.
- Lebanon County
- This Johnstown is located in Lebanon County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the northeast of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Johnstown.
- Union County
- This Johnstown is located in Union County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the northeast of the Johnstown that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Johnstown.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Montgomery 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 Texas community of Johnstown [Montgomery County].
- Van Zandt County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Johnstown [Van Zandt County].
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnstown ...
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.
- Bishop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Cucumber
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Faraday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Hix ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Horsepen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Horsepen Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horsepen Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsepen Cove
- Horsepen Cove is located in Tazewell County (VA)
- Jacobs Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Fork
- Jacobs Fork is located in McDowell County
- Rift
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Squire
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Stony Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ridge
- Stony Ridge is located in Tazewell County (VA)
How Far From Johnstown 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 Johnstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnstown and extending to:
- Welch, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Johnstown to Welch, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Johnstown. 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' (or 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- Johnstown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Johnstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2271, Longitude: -81.5987 In this case, the coordinates for Johnstown 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Johnstown 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 Johnstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Johnstown 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 310.657 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.344 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.203 degrees. |