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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 Pierpont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pierpont and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pierpont:
    • 39.653970, -79.889504
    • 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 Pierpont
  • 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
    • Since Pierpont is near Fayette County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Pierpont

Communities Also Named Pierpont ...

We found six communities that are also named Pierpont.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Pierpont.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Wyoming County
      • This Pierpont is located in Wyoming County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pierpont that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Pierpont.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • This Pierpont is located in Boone County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the west of the Pierpont that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Pierpont.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Pierpont is located in Ashtabula County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pierpont that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Pierpont.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Pierpont is located in Charleston County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the south of the Pierpont that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Pierpont.
    • South Dakota
      • Day County
      • This Pierpont is located in Day County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pierpont that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Day County community of Pierpont.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke 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 Virginia community of Pierpont [Roanoke County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pierpont ...

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.

  • Canyon
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Canyon is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Cheat Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
  • Cheat Neck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheat Neck is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Neck
  • Evans Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Evans Ferry is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
  • Fieldcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fieldcrest is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
  • Greystone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greystone is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Hoard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hoard is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
  • Ices Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Ices Ferry is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ices Ferry
  • Jerome Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jerome Park is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Park
  • Park Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Park Hills is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Pioneer Rocks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer Rocks is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Rocks
  • Richard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Richard is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Rock Forge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Forge is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Forge
    • Rosedale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • South Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • South Park is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Stewartstown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Stewartstown is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
    • Sunnyside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunset Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset Beach is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
    • Tanglewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tanglewood is located in Monongalia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Pierpont to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pierpont to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pierpont and extending to:

  • Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pierpont to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,984 miles [9,630.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pierpont) 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 Pierpont 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 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.
<4>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 Pierpont 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 Pierpont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6540, Longitude: -79.8895       In this case, the coordinates for Pierpont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.559 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.452 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.661 degrees.