Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Walpers Cross-Roads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walpers Cross-Roads and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Walpers Cross-Roads

• 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 Walpers Cross-Roads:
  • 39.399822, -77.871662
  • 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 Walpers Cross-Roads

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Walpers Cross-Roads is near Berkeley County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Walpers Cross-Roads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walpers Cross-Roads ...

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.

• Egypt
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Egypt is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
• Files Crossroad
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Files Crossroad is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Files Crossroad
• Grubbs Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Grubbs Corner is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
• Heatherfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Heatherfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
• Irish Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Irish Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Hill
• Leetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Leetown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leetown
• Martinsburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinsburg is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <1>
• Mount Pleasant
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pikeside
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Pikeside is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeside
• Rose Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rose Hill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
• Scrabble
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Scrabble is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrabble
• Shepherdstown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shepherdstown is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherdstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,922 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shepherdstown <1>
• Swan Pond
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Swan Pond is located in Berkeley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Pond

How Far From Walpers Cross-Roads 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 Walpers Cross-Roads to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Charles Town, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the South.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Walpers Cross-Roads to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,911 miles [9,512.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,496 miles [7,235.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'