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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 Porterwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Porterwood 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 Porterwood:
- 39.070061, -79.698183
- 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 Porterwood
- 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 Tucker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker County
- Since Porterwood is near Randolph County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Porterwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Porterwood ...
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
(Less than 2 miles 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)
- Holly Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holly Meadows is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Meadows
- Lime Rock ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Mill Run ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Parsons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perlytown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Perlytown is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlytown
- Pleasant Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Vale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Vale is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vale
- Pleasure Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasure Valley is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
- Texas ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Texas is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Porterwood 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 Porterwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Porterwood and extending to:
- Parsons, which is the Seat of Tucker County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Porterwood to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 143 miles [230.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,001 miles [9,657.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,589 miles [7,385.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Porterwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Porterwood 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 Porterwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0701, Longitude: -79.6982 In this case, the coordinates for Porterwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.468 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.785 degrees. |
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