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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 Seymourville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seymourville 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 Seymourville:
    • 39.052721, -79.108065
    • 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 Seymourville
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Since Seymourville is near Hardy County and also Pendleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Seymourville

Communities Also Named Seymourville ...

We found two communities that are also named Seymourville.

Within West Virginia, the name Seymourville is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • This Seymourville is located in Iberville Parish and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Seymourville that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberville Parish community of Seymourville.
    • Manitoba
      • This Seymourville lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the northwest of the Seymourville that is located in Grant County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seymourville ...

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.

  • Arthur
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bass
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bass is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
  • Cabins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Falls is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
  • Fisher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Greenland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jordan Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jordan Run is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Run
  • Maysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Meadow is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Medley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Tannery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Tannery is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
  • Town Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Town Hill is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
  • Walnut Bottom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom

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

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

  • Petersburg, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Seymourville to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,978 miles [9,620.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Seymourville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Seymourville 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 Seymourville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0527, Longitude: -79.1081       In this case, the coordinates for Seymourville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.114 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.855 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.537 degrees.