Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Poynette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poynette and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Poynette

• 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 Poynette:
  • 39.333966, -81.135945
  • 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 Poynette

• 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 Pleasants County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
  • Since Poynette is near Ritchie County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Poynette

Communities Also Named Poynette ...

We found one communities that are also named Poynette.

Within West Virginia, the name Poynette is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Poynette in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Wisconsin
    • Columbia County
    • This Poynette is located in Columbia County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Poynette that is located in Pleasants County.
    • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Poynette.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poynette ...

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.

• Cloverdale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cloverdale is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
• Crisp ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Crisp is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
• Federal ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Federal is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal
• Fern
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Fern is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern
• Finch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Finch is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
• Highland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Highland is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
• League
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • League is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
• Lone Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Valley is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Valley
• Maxwell
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Maxwell is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Pike
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pike is located in Ritchie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
• Pleasants
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Pleasants is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasants
• Union Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Union Mills is located in Pleasants County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills

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

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

• Saint Marys, which is the Seat of Pleasants County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Poynette to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'