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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 Kingwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingwood 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 Kingwood:
    • 39.471997, -79.683651
    • 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 Kingwood
  • 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 Kingwood ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Kingwood.

Within West Virginia, the name Kingwood is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Kingwood is located in Shelby County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Kingwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Kingwood [Pulaski County].
    • Georgia
      • Colquitt 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 Georgia community of Kingwood [Colquitt County].
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Kingwood is located in Hunterdon County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Kingwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kingwood [Mecklenburg County].
    • Ontario
      • This Kingwood lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
    • Oregon
      • Polk 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 Oregon community of Kingwood [Polk County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Kingwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Kingwood.
      • Somerset County
      • This Kingwood is located in Somerset County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the northeast of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Kingwood.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Kingwood is located in Harris County and lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Kingwood.
    • Virginia
      • Prince George County
      • This Kingwood is located in Prince George County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Kingwood that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Kingwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingwood ...

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.

  • Bull Run
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • Bull Run is located in Preston County
  • Camp Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
    • Camp Ground is located in Preston County
  • Heathers Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
    • Heathers Run is located in Preston County
  • Herring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
    • Herring is located in Preston County
  • Kanes Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanes Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanes Creek
    • Kanes Creek is located in Preston County
  • Kanetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanetown
    • Kanetown is located in Preston County
  • Masontown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masontown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masontown
    • Masontown is located in Preston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Masontown <5>
  • Mountain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Mountain View is located in Preston County
  • Oriole ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
    • Oriole is located in Preston County
  • Reedsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
    • Reedsville is located in Preston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reedsville <5>
  • Salt Lick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
    • Salt Lick is located in Preston County
  • Valley Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Point
    • Valley Point is located in Preston County

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

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

  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kingwood to Charleston, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,983 miles [9,628.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingwood. 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 '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- Kingwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4720, Longitude: -79.6837    
<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 Kingwood 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 Kingwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Kingwood 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 309.442 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.292 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.636 degrees.









 

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