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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 Tioga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tioga 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 Tioga:
    • 38.420301, -80.656290
    • 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 Tioga
  • 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 Tioga ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Tioga.

Within West Virginia, the name Tioga is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Huerfano County
      • This Tioga is located in Huerfano County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the west of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Tioga.
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Tioga is located in Gilmer County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Tioga.
    • Illinois
      • Hancock County
      • This Tioga is located in Hancock County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Tioga.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tioga [Carroll County].
    • Iowa
      • Mahaska County
      • This Tioga is located in Mahaska County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahaska County community of Tioga.
    • Kansas
      • Neosho County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Tioga [Neosho County].
    • Kentucky
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tioga [Franklin County].
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Tioga is located in Rapides Parish and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Tioga.
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tioga [Alger County].
      • Baraga County
      • This Tioga is located in Baraga County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baraga County community of Tioga.
    • Nebraska
      • Kimball County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Tioga [Kimball County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Belknap County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Tioga [Belknap County].
    • North Dakota
      • Mountrail County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Tioga [Mountrail County].
      • Williams County
      • This Tioga is located in Williams County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Tioga.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Tioga [Washington County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Tioga.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Tioga is located in Coos County and lies 2,253 miles [3,625.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Tioga.
      • Douglas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Tioga [Douglas County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Tioga is located in Philadelphia County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Tioga.
      • Tioga County
      • This Tioga is located in Tioga County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km] to the northeast of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Tioga.
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Tioga is located in Anderson County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Tioga.
    • Texas
      • Grayson County
      • This Tioga is located in Grayson County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Tioga.
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • This Tioga is located in Clark County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tioga that is located in Nicholas County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Tioga.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tioga ...

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.

  • Beaver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Nicholas County
  • Birch River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Boggs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boggs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
    • Boggs is located in Webster County
  • Craigsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigsville
    • Craigsville is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craigsville <3>
  • Delphi
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delphi have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
    • Delphi is located in Nicholas County
  • Halo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
    • Halo is located in Webster County
  • Opal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Opal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
    • Opal is located in Nicholas County
  • Waggy ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waggy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggy
    • Waggy is located in Nicholas County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tioga and extending to:

  • Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tioga to Summersville, with an average speed<5> 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.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,657 miles [7,494.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tioga. 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tioga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tioga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4203, Longitude: -80.6563    
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tioga 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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.
<6>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 Tioga to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.069 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.848 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.421 degrees.









 

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