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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 Tomahawk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk:
    • 39.530375, -78.046945
    • 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 Tomahawk
  • 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Tomahawk is near Morgan County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Tomahawk

Communities Also Named Tomahawk ...

We found eight communities that are also named Tomahawk.

Within West Virginia, the name Tomahawk is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Tomahawk lies 1,961 miles [3,155.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
    • Arkansas
      • Searcy County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Searcy County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Tomahawk.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Cherokee County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Tomahawk.
    • Kentucky
      • Martin County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Martin County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Tomahawk.
    • North Carolina
      • Sampson County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Sampson County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the south of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Tomahawk.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,343 miles [2,161.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Tomahawk.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Tomahawk [Pittsylvania County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Lincoln County
      • This Tomahawk is located in Lincoln County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Tomahawk that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Tomahawk.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tomahawk ...

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.

  • Big Pool
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Run is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
  • Duckwall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Duckwall is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckwall
  • Elk Branch ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Branch is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Branch
  • Ernstville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ernstville is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
  • Four Locks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Four Locks is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Locks
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Goose Nest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Goose Nest is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Nest
  • Green Spring Furnace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Spring Furnace is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Furnace
  • Greenspring Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenspring Hill is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring Hill
  • Hedgesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Irish Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Irish Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Jones Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones Springs is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Springs
    • Little Georgetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
    • Martinsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Runners Ferry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
    • Shanghai
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shanghai is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
    • Spring Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Spring Mills is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills

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

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

  • Martinsburg, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tomahawk to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,913 miles [9,516.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,499 miles [7,240.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tomahawk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Tomahawk 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>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.
<5>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 Tomahawk 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 Tomahawk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5304, Longitude: -78.0469       In this case, the coordinates for Tomahawk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.451 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.175 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.903 degrees.