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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 Kingstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingstown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kingstown:
    • 39.579527, -80.592036
    • 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 Kingstown
  • 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 Kingstown is near Tyler County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Kingstown

Communities Also Named Kingstown ...

We found eight communities that are also named Kingstown.

Within West Virginia, the name Kingstown is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Kingstown, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the east of the Kingstown that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Kingstown.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Kingstown is located in Suffolk County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kingstown that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Kingstown.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Kingstown is located in Cleveland County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Kingstown that is located in Wetzel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Kingstown.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke 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 Virginia community of Kingstown [Roanoke County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • Distance: 9,480 miles [15,256.6 km]<1> to the west
      • Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
    • England
      • Distance: 3,587 miles [5,772.7 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
    • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
      • Distance: 2,171 miles [3,493.9 km]<1> to the southeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
    • British Virgin Islands
      • Distance: 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the southeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingstown ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Anthem is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
  • Archer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Archer is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Big Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Big Run is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Brink
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Brink is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Carbide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carbide is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbide
  • Dean
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dean is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
  • Four Mile
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Four Mile is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Hazel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Knob Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Knob Fork is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Fork
  • Sincerity
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sincerity is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sincerity
  • Uniontown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Wheat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wheat is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat

How Far From Kingstown to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kingstown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingstown and extending to:

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kingstown to New Martinsville, with an average speed<3> 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 101 miles [162.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,732 miles [10,834.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,607 miles [7,414.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kingstown) 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 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 Kingstown 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 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.
<4>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 Kingstown 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 Kingstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5795, Longitude: -80.5920       In this case, the coordinates for Kingstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.991 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.933 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.998 degrees.