Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lookout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lookout and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lookout
- 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 Lookout:
- 38.065474, -80.968410
- 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 Lookout
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Lookout is near Nicholas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Lookout ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Lookout.
Within West Virginia, the name Lookout is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Modoc County
- This Lookout is located in Modoc County and lies 2,128 miles [3,424.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lookout that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Lookout.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Lookout.
- Idaho
- Nez Perce 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 Idaho community of Lookout [Nez Perce County].
- Shoshone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lookout [Shoshone County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- McPherson 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 Kansas community of Lookout [McPherson County].
- Smith County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Lookout.
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Saint Helena 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 Lookout [Saint Helena Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lookout [Saint Tammany Parish].
- Maine
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Lookout [Luzerne County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lookout [Wayne County].
- South Dakota
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lookout ...
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.
- Beauty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Carver ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Clifftop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Clifftop is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clifftop <5>
- Divide
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Edmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Elliot ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Honeydew ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Jenky
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Michigan ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Mount Lookout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Lookout have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lookout
- Mount Lookout is located in Nicholas County
- Mountain Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Ravenseye
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Spy Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Michigan ‑ Historic
How Far From Lookout 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 Lookout to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lookout and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lookout to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,810 miles [10,959.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lookout. 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> | 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 Lookout 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lookout) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lookout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0655, Longitude: -80.9684 |
| <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 Lookout, 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 Lookout 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 310.266 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.02 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.671 degrees. |