Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McCurdyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McCurdyville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McCurdyville

• 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 McCurdyville:
  • 39.612304, -80.172574
  • 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 McCurdyville

• 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
  • Since McCurdyville is near Marion County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 McCurdyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McCurdyville ...

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.

• Core
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Core is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Core
• Crown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crown is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
• Fort Grand
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Grand is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Grand
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Georgetown is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Grant Town
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grant Town is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
• Hoodsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hoodsville is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
• Jakes Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Jakes Run is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Run
• Keystone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Keystone is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Paw Paw
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Paw Paw is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
• Pleasant View
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant View is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
• Ragtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ragtown is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
• Sandy
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sandy is located in Monongalia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy

How Far From McCurdyville to ...

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

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

• Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from McCurdyville to Morgantown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 174 miles [280 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,997 miles [9,651.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,713 miles [10,803.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,588 miles [7,383.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'