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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 Kincheloe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kincheloe 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 Kincheloe:
- 39.149813, -80.502871
- 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 Kincheloe
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Kincheloe is near Lewis County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge 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 Kincheloe
Communities Also Named Kincheloe ...
We found two communities that are also named Kincheloe.
Within West Virginia, the name Kincheloe is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kincheloe [Chippewa County].
- Tennessee
- Hawkins County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kincheloe [Hawkins County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kincheloe ...
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.
- Butchersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Butchersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchersville
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Churchville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Coldwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Deanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Fisher Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Freemansburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freemansburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg
- Goodhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goodhope is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Hickory Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Homeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Jane Lew
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lightburn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Pricetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pricetown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rider
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rider is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
- Shady Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shady Brook is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Sheets Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sheets Mills is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheets Mills
- South Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Park is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Valley Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From Kincheloe 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 Kincheloe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Kincheloe and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kincheloe to Clarksburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 186 miles [299.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,031 miles [9,706 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,621 miles [7,436.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Kincheloe 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. |
| <2> | 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 Kincheloe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Kincheloe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kincheloe 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 Kincheloe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1498, Longitude: -80.5029 In this case, the coordinates for Kincheloe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.953 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.824 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.107 degrees. |
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