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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 Loudenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loudenville 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 Loudenville:
    • 39.835789, -80.599760
    • 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 Loudenville
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Loudenville is near Greene County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Loudenville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loudenville ...

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 Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Run is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Bryan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bryan is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Crabapple
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crabapple is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Crows Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crows Mills is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Mills
  • Deep Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Deep Valley is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
  • Durbin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Durbin is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Grave Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Grave Creek is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Creek
  • Howard ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Howard is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Limestone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lone Oak
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lone Oak is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Lynn Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lynn Camp is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Camp
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quiet Dell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Quiet Dell is located in Greene County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
    • Rocklick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rockport is located in Wetzel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Windy Gap
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Windy Gap is located in Greene County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Gap
    • Wolf Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Wolf Run is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Loudenville and extending to:

  • Moundsville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loudenville to Moundsville, with an average speed<2> 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 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Loudenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Loudenville 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 Loudenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8358, Longitude: -80.5998       In this case, the coordinates for Loudenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.986 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.965 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.911 degrees.