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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 Weekleys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weekleys and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Weekleys:
    • 39.183410, -81.453732
    • 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 Weekleys
  • 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
    • Since Weekleys is near Wirt County and also Ritchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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 Weekleys

Curious and Interesting Names Near Weekleys ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cool Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cool Springs is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Springs
  • Creels
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Creels is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creels
  • Fountain Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fountain Spring is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Spring
  • Greencastle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greencastle is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
  • Hillcrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hillcrest is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Kingbury ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kingbury is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingbury
  • Leachtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Leachtown is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
  • Lucky ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Lucky is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mineral Wells
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphytown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Murphytown is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphytown
    • Pettyville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Pettyville is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyville
    • Red Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Red Hill is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Scenic Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Scenic Hills is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Hills
    • Slate
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Slate is located in Wood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Weekleys once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Weekleys and extending to:

  • Parkersburg, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Weekleys to Charleston, with an average speed<4> 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 237 miles [381.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Weekleys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Weekleys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Weekleys 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 Weekleys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1834, Longitude: -81.4537       In this case, the coordinates for Weekleys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.533 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.49 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.513 degrees.