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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 Portersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Portersville 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 Portersville:
    • 38.335653, -82.129882
    • 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 Portersville
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Portersville is near Cabell County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Portersville

Communities Also Named Portersville ...

We found five communities that are also named Portersville.

Within West Virginia, the name Portersville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Portersville is located in DeKalb County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Portersville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Portersville.
    • Indiana
      • Dubois County
      • This Portersville is located in Dubois County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the west of the Portersville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Portersville.
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen 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 North Carolina community of Portersville [Bladen County].
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Portersville is located in Perry County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north of the Portersville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Portersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Portersville is located in Butler County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Portersville that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Portersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Portersville ...

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.

  • Blue Sulphur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
  • Branchland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fudges Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hurricane
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hurricane Bridge ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hurricane Bridge is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Bridge
  • Indian Meadows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
  • Inez
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Inez is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Lake Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Washington is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Washington
  • Martha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Martha is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

How Far From Portersville 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 Portersville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hamlin, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Portersville to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,725 miles [7,604.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Portersville) 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 Portersville 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>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.
<5>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 Portersville 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 Portersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3357, Longitude: -82.1299       In this case, the coordinates for Portersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.964 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.857 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.083 degrees.