Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Wainville:
  • 38.491495, -80.572868
  • 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 Wainville

• 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
  • Since Wainville is near Nicholas County and also Braxton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton 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 Wainville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wainville ...

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.

• Bakers Run
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bakers Run is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Run
• Big Run
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Run is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
• Birch River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Birch River is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch River
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birch River <1>
• Boggs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Boggs is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
• Cherry Falls
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Falls is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Falls
• Delphi
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Delphi is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
• Diana
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Diana is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
• Dyer
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyer is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
• Halo
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Halo is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
• Little Birch
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Birch is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Birch
• Skidmore Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Skidmore Crossing is located in Webster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Crossing
• Tesla
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Tesla is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla
• Thrash ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Thrash is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrash
• Waggy ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Waggy is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggy

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wainville and extending to:

• Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the East.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Wainville to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,063 miles [9,757.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,775 miles [10,903.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'