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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 Stumptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stumptown 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 Stumptown:
    • 38.849213, -80.994363
    • 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 Stumptown
  • 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 Stumptown ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Stumptown.

Within West Virginia, the name Stumptown is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Lake County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Lake County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Stumptown.
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Stumptown is located in Parke County and lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<2> to the west of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Stumptown.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Stumptown is located in Carroll County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Stumptown.
      • Talbot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stumptown [Talbot County].
    • North Carolina
      • McDowell County
      • This Stumptown is located in McDowell County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Stumptown.
    • Ohio
      • Marion County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Marion County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Stumptown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Stumptown is located in Clearfield County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Stumptown.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Stumptown is located in Lancaster County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km] to the east northeast of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Stumptown.
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • This Stumptown is located in Sabine County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Stumptown.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Stumptown is located in Loudoun County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Stumptown.
      • Northampton County
      • This Stumptown is located in Northampton County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the east southeast of the Stumptown that is located in Gilmer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Stumptown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stumptown ...

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.

  • Euclid
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Euclid have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
    • Euclid is located in Calhoun County
  • Grantsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hardman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
    • Hardman is located in Gilmer County
  • Henrietta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henrietta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
    • Henrietta is located in Calhoun County
  • Index ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Index have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
    • Index is located in Calhoun County
  • Millstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millstone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
    • Millstone is located in Calhoun County
  • Normantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Calhoun County
  • Rosedale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Rosedale is located in Braxton County
  • Sand Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Sand Ridge is located in Calhoun County
  • Shock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
    • Shock is located in Gilmer County

How Far From Stumptown to ...

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

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

  • Glenville, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stumptown to Glenville, with an average speed<6> 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,779 miles [10,909.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stumptown. 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>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 Stumptown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stumptown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stumptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8492, Longitude: -80.9944    
<3>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 Stumptown 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.
<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 Stumptown 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 310.261 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.131 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.423 degrees.









 

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