Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ramsey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramsey and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ramsey
- 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 Ramsey:
- 38.169831, -81.030657
- 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 Ramsey
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Ramsey is near Nicholas County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Ramsey ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Ramsey.
Within West Virginia, the name Ramsey is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Ramsey is located in Etowah County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Ramsey.
- Sumter 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 Alabama community of Ramsey [Sumter County].
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Inyo County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Inyo County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Inyo County community of Ramsey.
- Mendocino County
- This Ramsey is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,255 miles [3,629.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Ramsey.
- Modoc County
- This Ramsey is located in Modoc County and lies 2,089 miles [3,361.9 km] to the west northwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Ramsey.
- Georgia
- Dougherty 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 Georgia community of Ramsey [Dougherty County].
- Murray 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 Georgia community of Ramsey [Murray County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Anoka County
- This Ramsey is located in Anoka County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Ramsey.
- Mower County
- This Ramsey is located in Mower County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the northwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Ramsey.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Ramsey lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the north of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Hancock County
- This Ramsey is located in Hancock County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Ramsey.
- Knox County
- This Ramsey is located in Knox County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Ramsey.
- Shelby County
- This Ramsey is located in Shelby County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km] to the west southwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Ramsey.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Dickenson County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ramsey [Dickenson County].
- Franklin 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 Virginia community of Ramsey [Franklin County].
- Nelson County
- This Ramsey is located in Nelson County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the east of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Ramsey.
- Norton City
- This Ramsey is located in Norton City and lies 120 miles [193.1 km] to the southwest of the Ramsey that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton City community of Ramsey.
- Wyoming
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramsey ...
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.
- Elliot ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Hopewell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Jenky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Lucas
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Marvel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Mountain Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Peters Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Junction
- Peters Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Woods Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
- Woods Ferry is located in Fayette County
How Far From Ramsey 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 Ramsey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ramsey and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ramsey to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four 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 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ramsey. 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> | 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- Ramsey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ramsey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1698, Longitude: -81.0307 In this case, the coordinates for Ramsey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Ramsey 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> | 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 Ramsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 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 Ramsey 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 310.301 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.075 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.664 degrees. |