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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 Little Wildcat, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Wildcat 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 Little Wildcat:
    • 38.752601, -80.440086
    • 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 Little Wildcat
  • 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Since Little Wildcat is near Braxton County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster 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 Little Wildcat

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Wildcat ...

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.

  • Bulltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bulltown is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
  • Eden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Eden is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Falls Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill
  • Fishers Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fishers Crossing is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Crossing
  • Gregory
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Gregory is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
  • Guardian
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Guardian is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guardian
  • Hacker Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Holly Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly Grove is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ireland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jewell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jewell is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Joppa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Joppa is located in Braxton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
    • Rock Cave
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
    • Walkersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Walkersville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
    • Wildcat ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Wildcat is located in Braxton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat

How Far From Little Wildcat to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Little Wildcat once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Little Wildcat and extending to:

  • Weston, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Little Wildcat to Weston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 183 miles [294.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,759 miles [10,877.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,634 miles [7,457.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Little Wildcat, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Wildcat) 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 Little Wildcat 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 Little Wildcat. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7526, Longitude: -80.4401       In this case, the coordinates for Little Wildcat have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.928 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.737 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.216 degrees.