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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 Saltwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saltwell 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 Saltwell:
- 39.363902, -80.271208
- 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 Saltwell
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Saltwell is near Taylor County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Saltwell
Communities Also Named Saltwell ...
We found one communities that are also named Saltwell.
Within West Virginia, the name Saltwell is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Saltwell in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Nicholas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Saltwell [Nicholas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saltwell ...
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.
- Allied
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Allied is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allied
- Boothsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boothsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothsville
- Dixie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Enterprise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Erie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Erie is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Francis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Francis is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Glen Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Falls is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Falls
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gypsy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gypsy is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Highland is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Killarm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Killarm is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killarm
- Lodgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lodgeville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgeville
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Long Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Long Run is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Run
- Lumberport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Lake is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
- Meadowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
How Far From Saltwell to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Saltwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saltwell and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Saltwell 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 176 miles [283.2 km] to the east (E). 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 6,012 miles [9,675.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,727 miles [10,826.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saltwell 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saltwell) 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 Saltwell 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 Saltwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3639, Longitude: -80.2712 In this case, the coordinates for Saltwell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.804 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.687 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.931 degrees. |
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