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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 Summit Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Summit Point 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 Summit Point:
    • 39.249796, -77.958093
    • 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 Summit Point
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Summit Point is near Clarke County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clarke County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Summit Point

Communities Also Named Summit Point ...

We found one communities that are also named Summit Point.

Within West Virginia, the name Summit Point is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Summit Point in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • San Juan 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 Utah community of Summit Point [San Juan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Summit Point ...

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.

  • Brucetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Brucetown is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brucetown
  • Burnt Factory
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnt Factory is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Factory
  • Clear Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Egypt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Harmony ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harmony is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Jamestown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jamestown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Jordan Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jordan Springs is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
  • Leetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Leetown is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
  • Lewisville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lewisville is located in Clarke County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Mechanicstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mechanicstown is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicstown
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Clarke County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rock Hall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Hall is located in Clarke County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
    • Rockcroft
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Rockcroft is located in Clarke County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcroft
    • Rocky Ford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Frederick County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Stringtown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Stringtown is located in Clarke County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Treadwell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Treadwell is located in Clarke County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell
    • Wheatland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Wheatland is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Summit Point and extending to:

  • Charles Town, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Summit Point to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Summit Point 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Summit Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Summit Point 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 Summit Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2498, Longitude: -77.9581    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.415 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.09 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.971 degrees.