Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Southside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southside and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Southside
- 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 Southside:
- 38.716718, -81.968835
- 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 Southside
- 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 Mason County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Since Southside is near Putnam County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- eBird sighting report for Jackson 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
Communities Also Named Southside ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Southside.
Within West Virginia, the name Southside is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Southside is located in Etowah County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Southside.
- Limestone County
- This Southside is located in Limestone County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Southside.
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- This Southside is located in Independence County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Independence County community of Southside.
- Van Buren County
- This Southside is located in Van Buren County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km] to the west southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Southside.
- Florida
- Broward 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 Florida community of Southside [Broward County].
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Southside [Lake County].
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Southside [Polk County].
- Sarasota County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Southside [Sarasota County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Southside lies 1,561 miles [2,512.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- North Carolina
- Henderson 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 North Carolina community of Southside [Henderson County].
- Lincoln County
- This Southside is located in Lincoln County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the south of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Southside.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- This Southside is located in Hardin County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Southside.
- Maury 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 Tennessee community of Southside [Maury County].
- Montgomery County
- This Southside is located in Montgomery County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km] to the west southwest of the Southside that is located in Mason County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Southside.
- Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southside ...
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.
- Ash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Buffalo is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
- Chestnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Couch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Fivemile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Gunville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Indian Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in Putnam County
- Leon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Mason County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Pliny
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pliny
- Pliny is located in Putnam County
- Pondlick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Robertsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsburg
- Robertsburg is located in Putnam County
- Tribble
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Southside 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 Southside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southside and extending to:
- Point Pleasant, which is the Seat of Mason County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Southside to Point Pleasant, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,110 miles [9,833.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,702 miles [7,567.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 from Point A (ie- Southside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7167, Longitude: -81.9688 |
| <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 Southside 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> | 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 Southside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Southside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.859 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.793 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.892 degrees. |