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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 Sincerity, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sincerity 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 Sincerity:
    • 39.599250, -80.538977
    • 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 Sincerity
  • 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Since Sincerity is near Marion County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Sincerity

Communities Also Named Sincerity ...

We found two communities that are also named Sincerity.

Within West Virginia, the name Sincerity is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Union 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 North Carolina community of Sincerity [Union County].
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Sincerity [Lancaster County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sincerity ...

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.

  • Anthem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Anthem is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
  • Big Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Run is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Brink
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Brink is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Dean
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dean is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
  • Four Mile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Four Mile is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Hazel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazel is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
  • Kingstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingstown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
  • Knob Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Knob Fork is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob Fork
  • Seven Pines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Pines is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
  • Uniontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Uniontown is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Wheat
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wheat is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat

How Far From Sincerity to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sincerity to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sincerity and extending to:

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sincerity to New Martinsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 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 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 Sincerity 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sincerity) 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 Sincerity 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 Sincerity. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5992, Longitude: -80.5390       In this case, the coordinates for Sincerity have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.958 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.898 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.967 degrees.