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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 Trilby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Trilby 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 Trilby:
    • 39.246748, -80.944553
    • 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 Trilby
  • 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 Ritchie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie County
    • Since Trilby is near Doddridge County and also Washington 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 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 Trilby

Communities Also Named Trilby ...

We found three communities that are also named Trilby.

Within West Virginia, the name Trilby is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Trilby is located in Pasco County and lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<1> to the south of the Trilby that is located in Ritchie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Trilby.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson 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 Trilby [Anderson County].
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Trilby is located in Lucas County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Trilby that is located in Ritchie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Trilby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trilby ...

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.

  • Admiral ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Admiral is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiral
  • Duckworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Duckworth is located in Doddridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duckworth
  • Five Forks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Five Forks is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
  • Greenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Doddridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Highland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Joy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Joy is located in Doddridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
  • Riddle ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Riddle is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
  • Stanley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanley is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Star Settlement ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Star Settlement is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Settlement
  • Toll Gate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Toll Gate is located in Ritchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Trilby once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Trilby and extending to:

  • Harrisville, which is the Seat of Ritchie County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Trilby to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,761 miles [10,880.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,636 miles [7,460.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Trilby) 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 Trilby 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Trilby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Trilby 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 Trilby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2467, Longitude: -80.9446       In this case, the coordinates for Trilby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.219 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.142 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.267 degrees.