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 Twomile:
38.367042, -81.606790
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.
We found two communities that are also named Twomile.
Within West Virginia, the name Twomile is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Oregon
Coos County
This Twomile is located in Coos County and lies 2,239 miles [3,603.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Twomile that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Twomile.
Pennsylvania
McKean County
This Twomile is located in McKean County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Twomile that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Twomile.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Twomile ...
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.
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 Twomile to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Twomile and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Twomile to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Twomile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Twomile 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 Twomile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3670, Longitude: -81.6068 In this case, the coordinates for Twomile have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.645 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.498 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.847 degrees.