Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Thornhill Addition:
  • 38.505646, -81.840966
  • 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 Thornhill Addition

• 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
  • Since Thornhill Addition is near Kanawha County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Thornhill Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thornhill Addition ...

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 Betsey
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Black Betsey is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Betsey
• Confidence
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Confidence is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
• Eleanor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Eleanor is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleanor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,579 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eleanor <1>
• Hometown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hometown is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
• Hugo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hugo is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
• Paradise
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Paradise is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
• Plymouth
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Plymouth is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
• Raymond City
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Raymond City is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
• Red House
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Red House is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red House <1>
• Rock Branch
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rock Branch is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
• Rolling Meadows
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rolling Meadows is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
• Scary
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Scary is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scary
• Winter
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Winter is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thornhill Addition and extending to:

• Winfield, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Thornhill Addition to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east (E). 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 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,115 miles [9,841.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'