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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 Wadestown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wadestown 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 Wadestown:
- 39.675491, -80.338020
- 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 Wadestown
- 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Since Wadestown is near Greene County and also Wetzel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel 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 Wadestown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wadestown ...
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.
- Brave
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brave is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brave
- Cottontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cottontown is located in Wetzel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottontown
- Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Flyblow ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Flyblow is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flyblow
- Hero
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hero is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
- Hunting Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hunting Hills is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Jollytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miracle Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Bank is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bank
- Ragtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ragtown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Round Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sandrock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandrock is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandrock
- Shamrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock is located in Greene County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Wadestown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wadestown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wadestown and extending to:
- Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wadestown to Morgantown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 184 miles [296.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,001 miles [9,657.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,592 miles [7,390.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- Wadestown) 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 Wadestown 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 Wadestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6755, Longitude: -80.3380 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.832 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.852 degrees. |
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