Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Middle Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Middle Fork and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Middle Fork
- 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 Middle Fork:
- 38.913436, -80.078967
- 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 Middle Fork
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Middle Fork is near Upshur County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Middle Fork ...
We found seven communities that share the name Middle Fork.
There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Middle Fork.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Barbour County
- This Middle Fork is located in Barbour County and lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Middle Fork.
- Kanawha County
- This Middle Fork is located in Kanawha County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Middle Fork.
- Barbour County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Shasta 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 California community of Middle Fork [Shasta County].
- Kentucky
- Elliott County
- This Middle Fork is located in Elliott County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elliott County community of Middle Fork.
- Morgan County
- This Middle Fork is located in Morgan County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km] to the west southwest of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Middle Fork.
- North Carolina
- Transylvania County
- This Middle Fork is located in Transylvania County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Transylvania County community of Middle Fork.
- Tennessee
- Henderson County
- This Middle Fork is located in Henderson County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Middle Fork that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Middle Fork.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Middle Fork ...
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.
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Forks is located in Upshur County
- Gale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Heavener Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heavener Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavener Grove
- Heavener Grove is located in Upshur County
- Ivy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Jeff Scotts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeff Scotts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeff Scotts
- Jeff Scotts is located in Randolph County
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Kingsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
- Kingsville is located in Randolph County
- Mabie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pumpkintown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkintown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Pumpkintown is located in Randolph County
- Queens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Roaring Creek Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roaring Creek Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring Creek Junction
- Roaring Creek Junction is located in Randolph County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Sand Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Sellers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Skidmore ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Tenmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Vegan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Run
How Far From Middle Fork 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 Middle Fork 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<4> community of Middle Fork once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Middle Fork and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Middle Fork to Elkins, with an average speed<5> 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 92 miles [148.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,737 miles [10,842.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middle Fork) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Middle Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9134, Longitude: -80.0790 In this case, the coordinates for Middle Fork 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 Middle Fork 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> | 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 Middle Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Middle Fork to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.704 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.506 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.005 degrees. |