Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Rum Junction:
  • 37.815938, -81.935400
  • 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 Rum Junction

• 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
  • Since Rum Junction is near Boone County and also Mingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo 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 Rum Junction

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rum Junction ...

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.

• Argyle
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Argyle is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
• Black Bottom
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Bottom is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
• Chambers
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chambers is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
• Dog Patch
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Dog Patch is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Patch
• Ethel
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Ethel is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
• Freeze Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeze Fork is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze Fork
• Monitor
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Monitor is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
• Peach Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Peach Creek is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
• Red Campbell
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Red Campbell is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Campbell
• Ridgeview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridgeview is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
• Shamrock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Shamrock is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
• Sunbeam
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Sunbeam is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
• Wanda
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Wanda is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rum Junction and extending to:

• Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Rum Junction to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,738 miles [7,625.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'