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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 Mobley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mobley and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Mobley:
    • 39.557028, -80.548702
    • 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 Mobley
  • 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Since Mobley is near Marion County and also Harrison 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 Harrison 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 Mobley

Communities Also Named Mobley ...

We found three communities that are also named Mobley.

Within West Virginia, the name Mobley is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mobley [Independence County].
      • Sharp County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mobley [Sharp County].
    • Tennessee
      • Stewart County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mobley [Stewart County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mobley ...

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.

  • Archer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Archer is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Big Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Run is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Brink
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Brink is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Fallen Timber ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fallen Timber is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallen Timber
  • Four Mile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Mile is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Hazel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hazel is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Kingstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingstown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Pricetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pricetown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
  • Seven Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Seven Pines is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
  • Sincerity
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sincerity is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sincerity
  • Uniontown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Wheat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheat is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mobley and extending to:

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mobley to New Martinsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 101 miles [162.5 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 193 miles [310.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,015 miles [9,680.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mobley 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.
<2>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 Mobley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mobley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mobley 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 Mobley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5570, Longitude: -80.5487       In this case, the coordinates for Mobley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.966 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.90 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.986 degrees.