Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Perkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Perkins and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Perkins
- 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 Perkins:
- 38.784537, -80.925939
- 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 Perkins
- 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Perkins is near Braxton County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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
Communities Also Named Perkins ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Perkins.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Perkins.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Florida
- Georgia
- Burke 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 Georgia community of Perkins [Burke County].
- Jenkins County
- This Perkins is located in Jenkins County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the south of the Perkins that is located in Gilmer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jenkins County community of Perkins.
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Lincoln 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 Kentucky community of Perkins [Lincoln County].
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Perkins [Madison County].
- Whitley County
- This Perkins is located in Whitley County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Perkins that is located in Gilmer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Perkins.
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Michigan
- Delta County
- This Perkins is located in Delta County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Perkins that is located in Gilmer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Perkins.
- Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Perkins [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Erie County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Perkins.
- Mahoning 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 Ohio community of Perkins [Mahoning County].
- Oklahoma
- Quebec
- This Perkins lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Perkins that is located in Gilmer County.
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Perkins ...
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.
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Chapel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
- Euclid
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - German ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Hope ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Index ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Mark ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Normantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normantown
- Normantown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Normantown <5>
- Progress ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Sand Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Shock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Stumptown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
How Far From Perkins 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 Perkins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Perkins and extending to:
- Glenville, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Perkins to Glenville, 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 209 miles [336.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,779 miles [10,909.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Perkins. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Perkins 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Perkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Perkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7845, Longitude: -80.9259 In this case, the coordinates for Perkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Perkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Perkins 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 310.222 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.076 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.415 degrees. |