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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 Weirton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weirton 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 Weirton:
- 40.409043, -80.588384
- 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 Weirton
- 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 Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
- Since Weirton is near Jefferson County and also Brooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooke 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 Weirton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weirton ...
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.
- Chestnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Coketown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coketown is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketown
- Fishersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fishersville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersville
- Kings Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kings Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Logrow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Logrow is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logrow
- Longview Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Longview Heights is located in Brooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
- Lower Ferry ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Middle Ferry ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Heights is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pottery Addition
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pottery Addition is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottery Addition
- Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
How Far From Weirton 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 city such as Weirton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Weirton and extending to:
- New Cumberland, which is the Seat of Hancock County, lies just to the North.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Weirton to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weirton) 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 Weirton 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 Weirton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4090, Longitude: -80.5884 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.954 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.016 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.703 degrees. |
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