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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 West Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Junction 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 West Junction:
    • 37.974888, -81.716849
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on West Junction
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named West Junction ...

We found seven communities that share the name West Junction.

Within West Virginia, the name West Junction is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of West Junction [New Castle County].
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • This West Junction is located in Stephenson County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the West Junction that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of West Junction.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This West Junction is located in Ross County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<2> to the north northwest of the West Junction that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of West Junction.
      • Vinton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of West Junction [Vinton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West Junction [Lackawanna County].
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This West Junction is located in Shelby County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the West Junction that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of West Junction.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of West Junction [Harris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Junction ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Junction and extending to:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from West Junction to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,722 miles [7,599.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that West Junction could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9749, Longitude: -81.7168       In this case, the coordinates for West Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 West Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.719 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.524 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.019 degrees.




 

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