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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 Sedan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sedan 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 Sedan:
- 39.235402, -78.571842
- 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 Sedan
- 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 Hampshire County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire County
- Since Sedan is near Frederick County and also Hardy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy 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 Sedan
Communities Also Named Sedan ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Sedan.
Within West Virginia, the name Sedan is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Wilcox 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 Alabama community of Sedan [Wilcox County].
- Indiana
- DeKalb County
- This Sedan is located in DeKalb County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Sedan.
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- This Sedan is located in Appanoose County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Sedan.
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Sedan is located in Chautauqua County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<2> to the west of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Sedan.
- Phillips 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 Kansas community of Sedan [Phillips County].
- Minnesota
- Pope County
- This Sedan is located in Pope County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Sedan.
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sedan [Douglas County].
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- This Sedan is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Sedan.
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- This Sedan is located in Nuckolls County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the west of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Sedan.
- Scotts Bluff County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scotts Bluff County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Sedan.
- New Mexico
- Union County
- This Sedan is located in Union County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<2> to the west of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Sedan.
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This Sedan is located in Scioto County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the west of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Sedan.
- Oklahoma
- Kiowa County
- This Sedan is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<2> to the west of the Sedan that is located in Hampshire County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Sedan.
- Pennsylvania
- Northumberland 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 Pennsylvania community of Sedan [Northumberland County].
- Texas
- Gonzales County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Gonzales County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Sedan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sedan ...
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.
- Bubbling Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bubbling Spring is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bubbling Spring
- Cold Stream
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Stream is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Stream
- Frenchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchburg is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchburg
- High View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hooks Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hooks Mills is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Mills
- Hunters Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Valley is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Valley
- Kirby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Shanks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shanks is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks
- Yellow Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Sedan 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 Sedan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sedan and extending to:
- Romney, which is the Seat of Hampshire County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sedan to Romney, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 175 miles [281.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,658 miles [10,715 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Sedan 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- Sedan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Sedan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Sedan 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 Sedan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2354, Longitude: -78.5718 In this case, the coordinates for Sedan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.783 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.506 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.239 degrees. |
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