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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 Middleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Middleville 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 Middleville:
    • 39.314534, -80.190917
    • 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 Middleville
  • 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
    • Since Middleville is near Harrison County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Middleville

Communities Also Named Middleville ...

We found six communities that are also named Middleville.

Within West Virginia, the name Middleville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Barry County
      • This Middleville is located in Barry County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northwest of the Middleville that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Middleville.
    • Minnesota
      • Wright 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 Middleville [Wright County].
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Middleville is located in Sussex County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Middleville that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Middleville.
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • This Middleville is located in Herkimer County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Middleville that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Middleville.
      • Suffolk County
      • This Middleville is located in Suffolk County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east northeast of the Middleville that is located in Taylor County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Middleville.
    • Ontario
      • This Middleville lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Middleville that is located in Taylor County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Middleville ...

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.

  • Allied
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Allied is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allied
  • Bear Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bear Mountain is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Mountain
  • Belgium
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Belgium is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
  • Boothsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Boothsville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothsville
  • Elliotsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Elliotsville is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotsville
  • Erie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Erie is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Francis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Francis is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Glen Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Glen Falls is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Falls
  • Gypsy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gypsy is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
  • Industrial
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Industrial is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industrial
  • Killarm
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Killarm is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killarm
  • Lodgeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lodgeville is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgeville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Maple Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Maple Lake is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
    • Meadowbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Oral Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oral Lake is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral Lake
    • Saltwell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Saltwell is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltwell
    • Summit Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Summit Park is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Middleville and extending to:

  • Grafton, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Middleville to Grafton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 171 miles [275.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about 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 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Middleville) 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 Middleville 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>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 Middleville 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 Middleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3145, Longitude: -80.1909       In this case, the coordinates for Middleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.757 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.626 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.914 degrees.