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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 Lytton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lytton 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 Lytton:
    • 39.459798, -81.077889
    • 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 Lytton
  • 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 Pleasants County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
    • Since Lytton is near Tyler County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Lytton

Communities Also Named Lytton ...

We found five communities that are also named Lytton.

Within West Virginia, the name Lytton is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Lytton lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lytton that is located in Pleasants County.
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Lytton is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,221 miles [3,574.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lytton that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Lytton.
    • Iowa
      • Calhoun County
      • This Lytton is located in Calhoun County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lytton that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Lytton.
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Lytton [Randolph County].
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This Lytton is located in Fulton County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lytton that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Lytton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lytton ...

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.

  • Algeria ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Algeria is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
  • Beavertown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Beavertown is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
  • Bens Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bens Run is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Run
  • Everett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Falls Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
  • Federal ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Federal is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
  • Friendly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Friendly is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Grandview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Little
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Little is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Long Reach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Long Reach is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Reach
    • Point Lookout
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
    • Raven Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
    • Sugar Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
    • Twiggs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Twiggs is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twiggs
    • Wasp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wasp is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp

How Far From Lytton 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 Lytton 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<3> community of Lytton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lytton and extending to:

  • Saint Marys, which is the Seat of Pleasants County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lytton 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 5 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 219 miles [352.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,041 miles [9,722 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,758 miles [10,875.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lytton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lytton 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 Lytton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lytton 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 Lytton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4598, Longitude: -81.0779       In this case, the coordinates for Lytton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.294 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.259 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.254 degrees.