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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 McCuetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCuetown 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 McCuetown:
    • 38.949820, -80.331752
    • 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 McCuetown
  • 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
    • Since McCuetown is near Lewis County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 McCuetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCuetown ...

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.

  • Atlas
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Atlas is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlas
  • Berlin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Berlin is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Carter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Carter is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Deanville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Deanville is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
  • Evergreen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Freeman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Freeman is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • French Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Georgetown is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Heavener Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Heavener Grove is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavener Grove
  • Heavner ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Heavner is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavner
  • Ivy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ivy is located in Upshur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
  • Jewell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jewell is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Quiet Dale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Quiet Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dale
    • Red Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Rock is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Rock Cave
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rock Cave is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cave
    • Rocky Ford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Upshur County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Walkersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Walkersville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McCuetown and extending to:

  • Buckhannon, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from McCuetown to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 177 miles [284.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,746 miles [10,856.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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>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 from Point A (ie- McCuetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 McCuetown 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 McCuetown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9498, Longitude: -80.3318       In this case, the coordinates for McCuetown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.856 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.684 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.101 degrees.