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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 Pettit, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pettit 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 Pettit:
- 39.020940, -79.718119
- 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 Pettit
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Pettit is near Tucker County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 Pettit
Communities Also Named Pettit ...
We found seven communities that are also named Pettit.
Within West Virginia, the name Pettit is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- This Pettit is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pettit that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Pettit.
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- This Pettit is located in Daviess County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pettit that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Pettit.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Pettit [Saint Louis County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pettit [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Cherokee County
- This Pettit is located in Cherokee County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the west of the Pettit that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pettit.
- Texas
- Comanche County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pettit [Comanche County].
- Hockley County
- This Pettit is located in Hockley County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the west of the Pettit that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hockley County community of Pettit.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pettit ...
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.
- Clover Run ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Clover Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Run
- Elk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Evenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Harpertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harpertown is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
- Holly Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holly Meadows is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Meadows
- Leadsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Lime Rock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Lumber ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lumber is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber
- Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Meadows is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mill Run ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Parsons
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Perlytown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Perlytown is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlytown
- Pleasant Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasure Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasure Valley is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
- Read
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Read is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
How Far From Pettit 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 Pettit to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Pettit once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pettit and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pettit to Elkins, with an average speed<5> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,004 miles [9,662.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,716 miles [10,808.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pettit) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pettit 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Pettit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Pettit 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 Pettit. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0209, Longitude: -79.7181 In this case, the coordinates for Pettit have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.482 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.269 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.811 degrees. |
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