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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 Rimel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rimel 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 Rimel:
- 38.123456, -79.951447
- 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 Rimel
- 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 Pocahontas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Since Rimel is near Bath County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Rimel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rimel ...
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.
- Buckeye
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burr is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Chimney Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chimney Run is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Run
- Dunns ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunns is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns
- Frost
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Huntersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
- Minnehaha Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha Springs is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha Springs
- Mitchelltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchelltown is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchelltown
- Mooretown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mooretown is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooretown
- Mountain Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Grove is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sunrise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunset ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Switch Back
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Switch Back is located in Bath County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switch Back
- Thorny Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
- Trainer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trainer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
- Violet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Violet is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Warm Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Rimel 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 Rimel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rimel and extending to:
- Marlinton, which is the Seat of Pocahontas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rimel to Marlinton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,054 miles [9,743 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,763 miles [10,884 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,639 miles [7,465.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rimel) 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 Rimel 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 Rimel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1235, Longitude: -79.9514 In this case, the coordinates for Rimel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.331 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.221 degrees. |
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