Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Taylorville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylorville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Taylorville
- 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 Taylorville:
- 37.664271, -82.156522
- 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 Taylorville
- 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 Mingo County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mingo County
- Since Taylorville is near Pike County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Taylorville ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Taylorville.
Within West Virginia, the name Taylorville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Taylorville is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Taylorville.
- Arkansas
- Woodruff County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Taylorville [Woodruff County].
- California
- Marin County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Taylorville [Marin County].
- Colorado
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Taylorville [Pueblo County].
- Idaho
- Bonneville County
- This Taylorville is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,607 miles [2,586.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Taylorville.
- Illinois
- Christian County
- This Taylorville is located in Christian County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Taylorville.
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- This Taylorville is located in Vigo County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Taylorville.
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Taylorville [Union Parish].
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- This Taylorville is located in Worcester County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the east of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Taylorville.
- Oregon
- Clatsop County
- This Taylorville is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Taylorville.
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana 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 Pennsylvania community of Taylorville [Indiana County].
- Lackawanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Taylorville [Lackawanna County].
- Schuylkill County
- This Taylorville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Taylorville that is located in Mingo County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Taylorville.
- Texas
- Fannin 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 Texas community of Taylorville [Fannin County].
- Vermont
- Caledonia 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 Vermont community of Taylorville [Caledonia County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylorville ...
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.
- Blackberry City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackberry City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County
- Cinderella
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinderella have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinderella
- Cinderella is located in Mingo County
- Freeburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
- Freeburn is located in Pike County (KY)
- Goody
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Hardy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Meathouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Narrows Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Branch
- Narrows Branch is located in Pike County (KY)
- Pine Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Pine Creek is located in Logan County
- Puritan Mines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puritan Mines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan Mines
- Puritan Mines is located in Mingo County
- Ragland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Ransom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Red Jacket
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Jacket. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County
- Stringtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Pike County (KY)
- Thacker
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Thacker is located in Mingo County
- Thacker Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thacker Mines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Mines
- Thacker Mines is located in Mingo County
- Red Jacket
How Far From Taylorville 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 Taylorville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Taylorville and extending to:
- Williamson, which is the Seat of Mingo County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Taylorville to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,878 miles [11,069.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylorville. 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 '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- Taylorville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylorville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6643, Longitude: -82.1565 In this case, the coordinates for Taylorville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Taylorville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Taylorville 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Taylorville 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 310.989 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.786 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.304 degrees. |