Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mooresville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooresville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mooresville
- 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 Mooresville:
- 39.690080, -80.148125
- 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 Mooresville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Since Mooresville is near Greene County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Greene County
- eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Mooresville ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mooresville.
Within West Virginia, the name Mooresville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- This Mooresville is located in Limestone County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Mooresville.
- Arkansas
- Prairie 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 Mooresville [Prairie County].
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mooresville [DeKalb County].
- Morgan County
- This Mooresville is located in Morgan County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Mooresville.
- Kentucky
- Washington County
- This Mooresville is located in Washington County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Mooresville.
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- This Mooresville is located in Piscataquis County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Mooresville.
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- This Mooresville is located in Livingston County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Mooresville.
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- This Mooresville is located in Iredell County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Mooresville.
- Ohio
- Ross County
- This Mooresville is located in Ross County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the west of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Mooresville.
- Ontario
- This Mooresville lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- This Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Mooresville.
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- This Mooresville is located in Marshall County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mooresville that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Mooresville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooresville ...
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.
- Brave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Core
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Crown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Fairchance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairchance. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchance
- Fairchance is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,888 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairchance <6>
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georgetown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Monongalia County
- Jakes Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Kirby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Kirby is located in Greene County (PA)
- Maidsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maidsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County
- Miracle Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miracle Run. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Run
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County
- Price
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Ragtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Sandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Shamrock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Mooresville 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 Mooresville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mooresville and extending to:
- Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mooresville to Morgantown, with an average speed<7> 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 122 miles [196.3 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 175 miles [281.6 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,993 miles [9,644.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,584 miles [7,377.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mooresville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monongalia County: www.co.monongalia.wv.us/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mooresville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mooresville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6901, Longitude: -80.1481 In this case, the coordinates for Mooresville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mooresville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mooresville 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Mooresville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.715 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.636 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.762 degrees. |