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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 Tichenal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tichenal and the surrounding area.
- 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 Tichenal:
- 39.190357, -80.476820
- 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 Tichenal
- 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Since Tichenal is near Doddridge County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Tichenal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tichenal ...
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.
- Butchersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Butchersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchersville
- Freemansburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freemansburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg
- Goodhope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Goodhope is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Homeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Jane Lew
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Floyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Floyd is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Floyd
- Lightburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Rider
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rider is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
- Sheets Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sheets Mills is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheets Mills
- South Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Park is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Sun Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Valley Chapel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Summit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wolf Summit is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Summit
How Far From Tichenal 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 Tichenal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tichenal and extending to:
- Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tichenal to Clarksburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 185 miles [297.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,028 miles [9,701.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,618 miles [7,432 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tichenal) 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 Tichenal 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 Tichenal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1904, Longitude: -80.4768 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.936 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.811 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.082 degrees. |
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