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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 Nimitz, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nimitz 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 Nimitz:
- 37.646600, -80.962053
- 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 Nimitz
- 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 Summers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summers County
- Since Nimitz is near Raleigh County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Nimitz
Communities Also Named Nimitz ...
We found one communities that are also named Nimitz.
Within West Virginia, the name Nimitz is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Nimitz in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Bexar 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 Texas community of Nimitz [Bexar County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nimitz ...
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.
- Buck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Cool Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cool Ridge is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Ridge
- Dunns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunns is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
- Flat Top
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jumping Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lilly ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lilly is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
- Packs Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
- Pipestem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pluto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pluto is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Shady Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Streeter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Streeter is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
- Suck Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Suck Creek is located in Summers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suck Creek
How Far From Nimitz 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 Nimitz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Nimitz and extending to:
- Hinton, which is the Seat of Summers County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Nimitz to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 229 miles [368.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Nimitz 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nimitz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Nimitz 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 Nimitz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6466, Longitude: -80.9621 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.271 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.963 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.804 degrees. |
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