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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 Seminole, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seminole and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Seminole:
    • 37.555121, -80.841749
    • 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 Seminole
  • 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 Summers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summers County
    • Since Seminole is near Monroe County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Seminole

Communities Also Named Seminole ...

We found ten communities that are also named Seminole.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Seminole.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Harrison County
      • This Seminole is located in Harrison County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Seminole.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Seminole is located in Baldwin County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Seminole.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Although located in Hillsborough County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Seminole.
      • Okaloosa County
      • This Seminole is located in Okaloosa County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okaloosa County community of Seminole.
      • Pinellas County
      • This Seminole is located in Pinellas County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the south of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Seminole.
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • This Seminole is located in Harnett County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harnett County community of Seminole.
    • Oklahoma
      • Seminole County
      • This Seminole is located in Seminole County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the west of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Seminole.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Seminole is located in Armstrong County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Seminole.
    • South Carolina
      • Hampton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Seminole [Hampton County].
    • Texas
      • Gaines County
      • This Seminole is located in Gaines County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km]<1> to the west of the Seminole that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gaines County community of Seminole.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seminole ...

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.

  • Bozoo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bozoo is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozoo
  • Buck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Buck is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
  • Cloverdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cloverdale is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Crumps Bottom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crumps Bottom is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumps Bottom
  • Hill Top
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hill Top is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
  • Indian Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Mills is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mills
  • Lick Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lick Creek is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
  • Lilly ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lilly is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly
  • Marie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Marie is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
  • Packs Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Packs Ferry is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Ferry
  • Pipestem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seminole and extending to:

  • Hinton, which is the Seat of Summers County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Seminole to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Seminole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Seminole 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Seminole 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 Seminole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5551, Longitude: -80.8417       In this case, the coordinates for Seminole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.20 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.869 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.783 degrees.