Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rutherford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rutherford and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Rutherford
- 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 Rutherford:
- 39.150635, -81.170669
- 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 Rutherford
- 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 Ritchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
- Since Rutherford is near Wood County and also Wirt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wood County
- eBird sighting report for Wirt 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 Rutherford ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Rutherford.
Within West Virginia, the name Rutherford is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Russell County
- This Rutherford is located in Russell County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Rutherford.
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Yavapai County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Rutherford.
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Rutherford is located in Independence County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Rutherford.
- California
- Napa County
- This Rutherford is located in Napa County and lies 2,200 miles [3,540.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Rutherford.
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Rutherford is located in New Castle County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the east of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Rutherford.
- Georgia
- Oconee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rutherford [Oconee County].
- Illinois
- Champaign County
- This Rutherford is located in Champaign County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Rutherford.
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- This Rutherford is located in Harlan County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Rutherford.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rutherford [Attala County].
- New Jersey
- Bergen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Rutherford [Bergen County].
- Ontario
- This Rutherford lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the north of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- This Rutherford is located in Dauphin County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Rutherford.
- Tennessee
- Gibson County
- This Rutherford is located in Gibson County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Rutherford.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Rutherford is located in Fairfax County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east of the Rutherford that is located in Ritchie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Rutherford.
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rutherford [Rockingham County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rutherford ...
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.
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Cairo is located in Ritchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <4>
- Cornwallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwallis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwallis
- Cornwallis is located in Ritchie County
- Dutchman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Low Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Nutter Farm
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nutter Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Farm
- Nutter Farm is located in Ritchie County
- Oxbow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Petroleum
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Pew Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Racy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Six Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Rutherford 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 Rutherford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rutherford and extending to:
- Harrisville, which is the Seat of Ritchie County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Rutherford to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the east (E). 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,774 miles [10,901.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,650 miles [7,483.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rutherford. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rutherford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rutherford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1506, Longitude: -81.1707 In this case, the coordinates for Rutherford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Rutherford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rutherford 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Rutherford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.36 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.289 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.399 degrees. |