Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Kearneysville:
  • 39.388156, -77.885552
  • 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 Kearneysville

• 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 Kearneysville 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 Kearneysville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kearneysville ...

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.

• Egypt
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Files Crossroad
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Files Crossroad is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Files Crossroad
• Grubbs Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Grubbs Corner is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
• Halltown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Halltown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
• Heatherfield
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Heatherfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
• Irish Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Irish Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Hill
• Leetown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Leetown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
• Martinsburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsburg is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <1>
• Mount Pleasant
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pikeside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pikeside is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeside
• Rose Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Shepherdstown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shepherdstown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherdstown <1>
• Swan Pond
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond
• Tablers Station
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Tablers Station is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tablers Station

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

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

• Charles Town, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kearneysville to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,912 miles [9,514.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,621 miles [10,655.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,497 miles [7,237.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'