Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nesselroad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nesselroad and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Nesselroad
- 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 Nesselroad:
- 38.985636, -81.712074
- 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 Nesselroad
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Nesselroad is near Meigs County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nesselroad ...
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.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Drift Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Great Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Great Bend is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Hills Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Crossing
- Hills Crossing is located in Jackson County
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Jackson County
- Jerrys Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerrys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Pleasant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Jackson County
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- Polk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Ravenswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
- Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <2>
- Ravenswood Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ravenswood Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood Ferry
- Ravenswood Ferry is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Sandyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Sandyville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandyville <2>
- Skull Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Spiller
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiller
- Spiller is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Polk
How Far From Nesselroad to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Nesselroad 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<4> community of Nesselroad once stood, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Nesselroad and extending to:
- Ripley, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<5> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Nesselroad to Ripley, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 44 miles [70.8 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 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,088 miles [9,797.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Nesselroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Nesselroad) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nesselroad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9856, Longitude: -81.7121 In this case, the coordinates for Nesselroad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Nesselroad to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.696 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.647 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.692 degrees. |