Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Medina, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Medina and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Medina
- 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 Medina:
- 38.998836, -81.628288
- 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 Medina
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Medina is near Wood County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Medina ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Medina.
Within West Virginia, the name Medina is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Hennepin County
- This Medina is located in Hennepin County and lies 740 miles [1,190.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Medina that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Medina.
- Stevens 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 Minnesota community of Medina [Stevens County].
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Medina lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the north of the Medina that is located in Jackson County.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bandera County
- This Medina is located in Bandera County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Medina that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bandera County community of Medina.
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Medina [Bexar County].
- Zapata County
- This Medina is located in Zapata County and lies 1,314 miles [2,114.7 km] to the southwest of the Medina that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Zapata County community of Medina.
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Medina ...
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.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Drift Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Independence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Jackson County
- Jerrys Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerrys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Jones Crossing is located in Jackson County
- LeRoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Meadowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Meadowdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Meadowdale
- From Medina to Meadowdale
- Murray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - New Era
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Peewee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Peewee
- From Medina to Peewee
- Powers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Ravenswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ravenswood
- From Medina to Ravenswood
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- Rockport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Sandyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Sandyville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandyville <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sandyville
- From Medina to Sandyville
- Skull Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Skull Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Skull Run
- From Medina to Skull Run
- Windy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
- Windy is located in Wirt County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Windy
- From Medina to Windy
- Rockport
How Far From Medina 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 Medina to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Medina and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Medina to Ripley, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Medina. 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> | 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- Medina) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Medina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9988, Longitude: -81.6283 In this case, the coordinates for Medina have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Medina 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> | 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. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Medina 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 310.644 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.59 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.651 degrees. |