Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Ossia:
  • 38.588986, -81.026775
  • 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 Ossia

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Ossia is near Roane County and also Braxton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton 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 Ossia

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ossia ...

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.

• Dink
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Dink is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dink
• Duck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Duck is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck
• Floe
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Floe is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floe
• Frame Knob ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Frame Knob is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Knob
• Groves
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Groves is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves
• Ira
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ira is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
• Ivydale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ivydale is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydale
• Kidtown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kidtown is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidtown
• Little Italy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Little Italy is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
• Lydia
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lydia is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydia
• Mudfork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork

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

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

• Clay, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ossia to Clay, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,078 miles [9,781.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'