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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 Snowden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snowden 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 Snowden:
    • 38.197596, -81.937352
    • 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 Snowden
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Snowden is near Boone County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Snowden

Communities Also Named Snowden ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Snowden.

Within West Virginia, the name Snowden is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • This Snowden is located in Siskiyou County and lies 2,138 miles [3,440.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Siskiyou County community of Snowden.
    • Colorado
      • Lake 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 Colorado community of Snowden [Lake County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Snowden is located in Clark County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the west of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Snowden.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Snowden is located in Frederick County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Snowden.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Snowden is located in Saint Louis County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Snowden.
    • Mississippi
      • Lauderdale 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 Mississippi community of Snowden [Lauderdale County].
    • Montana
      • Roosevelt County
      • This Snowden is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Snowden.
    • North Carolina
      • Currituck County
      • This Snowden is located in Currituck County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Currituck County community of Snowden.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Snowden is located in Allegheny County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Snowden.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Snowden lies 1,507 miles [2,425.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Snowden is located in Charleston County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Snowden.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst County
      • This Snowden is located in Amherst County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amherst County community of Snowden.
      • Fairfax County
      • This Snowden is located in Fairfax County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the east of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Snowden.
    • Washington
      • Klickitat County
      • This Snowden is located in Klickitat County and lies 2,067 miles [3,326.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Snowden that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Snowden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snowden ...

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.

  • Allen ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Allen is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Danville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • East ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • East is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East
  • Fork Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fork Junction is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Junction
  • Forks of Coal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Forks of Coal is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Coal
  • Horse Creek Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Horse Creek Junction is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Junction
  • Irene
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Irene is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Jenks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jenks is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
  • Julian
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Julian is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
  • Layville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Layville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layville
  • Rock Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Creek is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Sweetland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sweetland is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetland

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

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

  • Hamlin, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Snowden to Hamlin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Snowden) 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 Snowden 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 Snowden 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 Snowden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1976, Longitude: -81.9374       In this case, the coordinates for Snowden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.849 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.705 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.043 degrees.