Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Ronceverte:
  • 37.747988, -80.467846
  • 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 Ronceverte

• 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
  • Since Ronceverte is near Monroe County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summers 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 Ronceverte

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ronceverte ...

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.

• Crowfields
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Crowfields is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfields
• Hokes Mill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hokes Mill is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Mill
• Lewisburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lewisburg is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisburg <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lewisburg
  • From Ronceverte to Lewisburg
• Organ Cave
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Organ Cave is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Cave
• Rockland
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rockland
  • From Ronceverte to Rockland
• Rolling Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
• Secondcreek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Secondcreek is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secondcreek
• Snowflake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Snowflake is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
• Teaberry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Teaberry is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
• Walnut Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ronceverte and extending to:

• Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ronceverte to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 202 miles [325.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,092 miles [9,804.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,801 miles [10,945.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,677 miles [7,526.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'