Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Vincen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vincen and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Vincen

• 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 Vincen:
  • 39.546468, -80.783157
  • 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 Vincen

• 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
  • Since Vincen is near Tyler County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Vincen

Curious and Interesting Names Near Vincen ...

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.

• Carbide
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Carbide is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbide
• Childs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Childs is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
• Green Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Green Hill is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
• Halls Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Halls Mills is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
• King
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • King is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
• Link
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Link is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
• Lonetree
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lonetree is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
• Meeker
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Meeker is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
• Minnie
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Minnie is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
• Porters Falls
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Porters Falls is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Falls
• Reader
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Reader is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
• Veto
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Veto is located in Wetzel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vincen and extending to:

• New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies just to the North Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Vincen to Charleston, with an average speed<2>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 6 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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,025 miles [9,696.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,742 miles [10,850.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,617 miles [7,430.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'