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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 Link, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Link 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 Link:
    • 39.484525, -80.747325
    • 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 Link
  • 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Since Link is near Wetzel County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Link

Communities Also Named Link ...

We found seven communities that are also named Link.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Link.

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

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Braxton 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 West Virginia community of Link [Braxton County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Acadia Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Link [Acadia Parish].
    • Ohio
      • Paulding 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 Ohio community of Link [Paulding County].
    • Oregon
      • Polk County
      • This Link is located in Polk County and lies 2,188 miles [3,521.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Link that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Link.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Link [Abbeville County].
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington 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 South Dakota community of Link [Pennington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Rutherford County
      • This Link is located in Rutherford County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Link that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Link.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Link ...

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.

  • Big Moses
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Moses is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moses
  • Blue
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
  • Carbide
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carbide is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbide
  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Dale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dale is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • King
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • King is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
  • Little Pittsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Little Pittsburg is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pittsburg
  • Lonetree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lonetree is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
  • Meeker
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Meeker is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
  • Porters Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Porters Falls is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Falls
  • Reader
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Reader is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
  • Stringtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Stringtown is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Sunnyside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

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

  • Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the West.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Link to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 202 miles [325.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,026 miles [9,697.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,618 miles [7,432 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Link 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 Link, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Link) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Link 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 Link. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4845, Longitude: -80.7473       In this case, the coordinates for Link have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.09 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.031 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.099 degrees.