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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 Teutonic, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Teutonic 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 Teutonic:
    • 39.756189, -80.716476
    • 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 Teutonic
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Teutonic is near Wetzel County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Teutonic

Curious and Interesting Names Near Teutonic ...

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.

  • Andy ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Andy is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andy
  • Five Points ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Five Points is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Grave Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Grave Creek is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Creek
  • Graysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Graysville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
  • Howard ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Howard is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Kent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Kent is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Lynn Camp
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lynn Camp is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Camp
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Peabody
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Peabody is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
  • Rockport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockport is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Stillhouse Run ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stillhouse Run is located in Monroe County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillhouse Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Teutonic once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Teutonic and extending to:

  • Moundsville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Teutonic to Moundsville, 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 108 miles [173.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,605 miles [7,411 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Teutonic, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Teutonic) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Teutonic 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 Teutonic. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7562, Longitude: -80.7165       In this case, the coordinates for Teutonic have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.061 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.038 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.991 degrees.