Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pond Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pond Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pond Creek
- 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 Pond Creek:
- 39.094245, -81.743187
- 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 Pond Creek
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Pond Creek is near Jackson County and also Meigs County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- eBird sighting report for Meigs 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 Pond Creek ...
We found seven communities that share the name Pond Creek.
Within West Virginia, the name Pond Creek is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Walton County
- This Pond Creek is located in Walton County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pond Creek that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Pond Creek.
- Kansas
- Wallace County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Wallace County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wallace County community of Pond Creek.
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg 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 Kentucky community of Pond Creek [Muhlenberg County].
- Rockcastle 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 Pond Creek [Rockcastle County].
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Pond Creek.
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- This Pond Creek is located in Grant County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west of the Pond Creek that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Pond Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- This Pond Creek is located in Luzerne County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pond Creek that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Pond Creek.
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pond Creek ...
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.
- Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Jerrys Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerrys Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys Run
- Jerrys Run is located in Wood County
- Joppa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Lee Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Lone Cedar
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Cedar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County
- Long Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Long Bottom is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Bottom <5>
- Manganese ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Neptune
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Polk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Powers ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Randolph Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Landing
- Randolph Landing is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Reedsville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reedsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Reedsville is located in Meigs County (OH)
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- Rushville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Shade River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shade River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shade River
- Shade River is located in Meigs County (OH)
- Skull Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Success
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rushville
How Far From Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pond Creek and extending to:
- Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pond Creek to Parkersburg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south (S). 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five 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 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pond Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/
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 '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- Pond Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pond Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0942, Longitude: -81.7432 In this case, the coordinates for Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek, 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 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 Pond Creek 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 Pond Creek 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 310.713 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.682 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.67 degrees. |