Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Thompson Town:
  • 37.848714, -82.026516
  • 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 Thompson Town

• 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
  • Since Thompson Town is near Mingo County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Thompson Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thompson Town ...

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.

• Black Bottom
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Black Bottom is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
• Crooked Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crooked Creek is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
• Diamond
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Diamond is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
• Dog Patch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dog Patch is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Patch
• Frogtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Frogtown is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
• Hedgeview
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hedgeview is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
• Monitor
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Monitor is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
• Peach Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Peach Creek is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
• Ridgeview
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ridgeview is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
• Shamrock
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Shamrock is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
• Trace Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Trace Junction is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace Junction
• Walnut Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Walnut Hill is located in Logan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Thompson Town and extending to:

• Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the East.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Thompson Town to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,152 miles [9,900.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,865 miles [11,048.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'