Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Power, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Power and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Power
- 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 Power:
- 40.211182, -80.659244
- 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 Power
- 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 Brooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Brooke County
- Since Power is near Jefferson County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Power ...
We found six communities that share the name Power.
Within West Virginia, the name Power is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Michigan
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- South Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Power ...
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.
- Beech Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bottom
- Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethany have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Bethany is located in Brooke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethany <4>
- Betty Zane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betty Zane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty Zane
- Betty Zane is located in Ohio County
- Brilliant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Clearview
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Dutch Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Dutch Town is located in Brooke County
- Glen Robbins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Robbins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Robbins
- Glen Robbins is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Glen Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Jug Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Rush Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Salt Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Shank Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shank Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shank Town
- Shank Town is located in Brooke County
- Short Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Short Creek is located in Brooke County
- Stringer
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Ohio County
- Shank Town
How Far From Power 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 Power to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Power and extending to:
- Wellsburg, which is the Seat of Brooke County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Power to Charleston, with an average speed<5>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,709 miles [10,797.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,585 miles [7,378.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Power. 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> | 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 Power 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Power) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Power. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2112, Longitude: -80.6592 In this case, the coordinates for Power have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Power to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.007 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.046 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.806 degrees. |