Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Seemly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seemly and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Seemly
- 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 Seemly:
- 38.874279, -79.142536
- 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 Seemly
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Seemly is near Hardy County and also Pendleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- eBird sighting report for Pendleton 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Seemly ...
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.
- Bass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Brake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Brushy Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Cabins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabins
- Cabins is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabins <2>
- Fame
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Hopeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Miles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Pansy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Rough Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Town Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Seemly 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 Seemly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Seemly once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Seemly and extending to:
- Petersburg, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the North.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<4> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Seemly to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,987 miles [9,635.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,573 miles [7,359.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Seemly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seemly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Seemly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8743, Longitude: -79.1425 In this case, the coordinates for Seemly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Seemly to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.142 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.86 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.616 degrees. |