Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stony Bottom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Bottom and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stony Bottom

• 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 Stony Bottom:
  • 38.364285, -79.962284
  • 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 Stony Bottom

• 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 Pocahontas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
  • Since Stony Bottom is near Randolph County and also Highland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Highland 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 Stony Bottom

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Bottom ...

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.

• Clover Lick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Clover Lick is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Lick
• Deer Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Deer Creek is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
• Dunmore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dunmore is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <1>
• Frost
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Frost is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
• Green Bank
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Bank is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Bank <1>
• Mace
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mace is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
• Spruce
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Spruce is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
• Thorny Creek
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
• Walnut
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnut is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

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

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

• Marlinton, which is the Seat of Pocahontas County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Bottom to Marlinton, with an average speed<3> 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 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,043 miles [9,725.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,753 miles [10,867.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,629 miles [7,449.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'