Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Kingsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingsville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kingsville
- 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 Kingsville:
- 38.933714, -80.034244
- 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 Kingsville
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Kingsville is near Barbour County and also Upshur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- eBird sighting report for Upshur 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 Kingsville ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Kingsville.
Within West Virginia, the name Kingsville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Randolph County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kingsville [Randolph County].
- California
- El Dorado County
- This Kingsville is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,178 miles [3,505.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Kingsville.
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kingsville [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kingsville [Lincoln County].
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- This Kingsville is located in Rapides Parish and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Kingsville.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Kingsville is located in Baltimore County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the east of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Kingsville.
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- This Kingsville is located in Johnson County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<2> to the west of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Kingsville.
- Nova Scotia
- This Kingsville lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Kingsville is located in Ashtabula County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the north of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Kingsville.
- Montgomery County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kingsville [Montgomery County].
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Kingsville.
- Ontario
- This Kingsville lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- This Kingsville is located in Clarion County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Kingsville.
- South Carolina
- Richland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kingsville [Richland County].
- Texas
- Kleberg County
- This Kingsville is located in Kleberg County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kleberg County community of Kingsville.
- Virginia
- Prince Edward County
- This Kingsville is located in Prince Edward County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the southeast of the Kingsville that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward County community of Kingsville.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsville ...
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.
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Gage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Gale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Jeff Scotts ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeff Scotts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Scotts
- Jeff Scotts is located in Randolph County
- Jimtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Junior
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Mabie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Pumpkintown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkintown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Pumpkintown is located in Randolph County
- Roaring Creek Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Creek Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Creek Junction
- Roaring Creek Junction is located in Randolph County
- Sand Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Skidmore ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Vegan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kingsville 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 Kingsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingsville and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Kingsville to Elkins, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,021 miles [9,689.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,734 miles [10,837.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingsville. 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> | 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 Kingsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Kingsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9337, Longitude: -80.0342 In this case, the coordinates for Kingsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kingsville 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Kingsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.677 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.477 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.978 degrees. |