Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Newlandsville:
  • 39.281742, -81.259281
  • 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 Newlandsville

• 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 Pleasants County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
  • Since Newlandsville is near Ritchie County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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 Newlandsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newlandsville ...

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.

• Cluster
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cluster is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster
• Deerwalk
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Deerwalk is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwalk
• Horseneck
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseneck is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseneck
• Lone Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lone Valley is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Valley
• Nutter Farm
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Nutter Farm is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Farm
• Oil Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Oil Spring is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Spring
• Pleasants
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasants is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasants
• Sandhill
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Sandhill is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
• Schultz
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Schultz is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
• Willow Island
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Willow Island is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Island

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

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

• Saint Marys, which is the Seat of Pleasants County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Newlandsville to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,648 miles [7,480.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'