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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 Mozelle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mozelle 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 Mozelle:
- 39.027857, -81.727908
- 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 Mozelle
- 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 Mozelle is near Meigs County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Mozelle
Communities Also Named Mozelle ...
We found three communities that are also named Mozelle.
Within West Virginia, the name Mozelle is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jackson 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 Georgia community of Mozelle [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Leslie County
- This Mozelle is located in Leslie County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Mozelle that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leslie County community of Mozelle.
- Texas
- Coleman County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mozelle [Coleman County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mozelle ...
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.
- Bald Knobs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bald Knobs is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knobs
- Cuba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Great Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Great Bend is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Jerrys Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Lone Cedar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Long Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Pond Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pond Creek is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Powers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Randolph Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
- Ravenswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ravenswood Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ravenswood Ferry is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Ferry
- Reedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reedsville is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Shade River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shade River is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade River
- Skull Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Spiller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
How Far From Mozelle 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 Mozelle 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 community of Mozelle once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Mozelle and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mozelle to Ripley, with an average speed<5> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,803 miles [10,948.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Mozelle 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mozelle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Mozelle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mozelle 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 Mozelle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0279, Longitude: -81.7279 In this case, the coordinates for Mozelle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.663 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.685 degrees. |
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