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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 New Martinsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Martinsville 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 New Martinsville:
- 39.644535, -80.858052
- 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 New Martinsville
- 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 New Martinsville is near Monroe County and also Tyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler 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 New Martinsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Martinsville ...
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.
- Andy ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Andy is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andy
- Childs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dairy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dairy is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy
- Green Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Hannibal
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hannibal is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
- Marion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minnie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Porters Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porters Falls is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Falls
- Rockport ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Veto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Veto is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
How Far From New Martinsville 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 city such as New Martinsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Martinsville and extending to:
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from New Martinsville to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,741 miles [10,848.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,616 miles [7,428.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Martinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 New Martinsville 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 New Martinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6445, Longitude: -80.8581 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.152 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.125 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.093 degrees. |
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