Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mount Tell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Tell and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Mount Tell

• 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 Mount Tell:
  • 38.624257, -81.616793
  • 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 Mount Tell

• 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:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
  • Since Mount Tell is near Roane County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Mount Tell

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Tell ...

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.

• Advent
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Advent is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent
• Edgar ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgar is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
• Emma
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Emma is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
• Goldtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Goldtown is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldtown
• Hicumbottom
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hicumbottom is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicumbottom
• Island Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
• July ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • July is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for July
• Liberty
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Liberty is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• Loop
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Loop is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
• Plum Orchard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Plum Orchard is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
• Romance
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Romance is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance
• Vicars
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Vicars is located in Roane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicars
• Young
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Young is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Mount Tell and extending to:

• Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Tell to Ripley, with an average speed<2> 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 four to five hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,691 miles [7,549.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'