Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Piedmont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piedmont and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Piedmont
- 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 Piedmont:
- 37.450671, -81.263711
- 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 Piedmont
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Piedmont is near Wyoming County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Piedmont ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Piedmont.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Piedmont.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- This Piedmont is located in Calhoun County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Piedmont.
- Madison County
- This Piedmont is located in Madison County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km] to the west southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Piedmont.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Piedmont [Las Animas County].
- Ouray County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Piedmont [Ouray County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Jasper County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Piedmont [Jasper County].
- Lamar County
- This Piedmont is located in Lamar County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Piedmont.
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Piedmont [Pike County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Piedmont lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Quebec
- This Piedmont lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Grundy County
- This Piedmont is located in Grundy County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Piedmont.
- Jefferson County
- This Piedmont is located in Jefferson County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Piedmont.
- Texas
- Grimes County
- This Piedmont is located in Grimes County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grimes County community of Piedmont.
- Upshur County
- This Piedmont is located in Upshur County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km] to the west southwest of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Piedmont.
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- This Piedmont is located in Augusta County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Piedmont.
- Montgomery County
- This Piedmont is located in Montgomery County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the east southeast of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Piedmont.
- Nelson County
- This Piedmont is located in Nelson County and lies 128 miles [206 km] to the east of the Piedmont that is located in Mercer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Piedmont.
- Rappahannock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Piedmont [Rappahannock County].
- Washington
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piedmont ...
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.
- Basin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Crumpler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Flipping
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Goodwill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Hiawatha
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Kale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock <5>
- Smokeless
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Spanishburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanishburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanishburg
- Spanishburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanishburg <5>
- Widemouth ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Worth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Piedmont 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 Piedmont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piedmont and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Piedmont to Princeton, with an average speed<6> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,724 miles [7,602.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Piedmont. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piedmont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Piedmont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4507, Longitude: -81.2637 In this case, the coordinates for Piedmont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Piedmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Piedmont 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. |
| <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 Piedmont 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 310.454 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.144 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.993 degrees. |