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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 Wharton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wharton 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 Wharton:
    • 37.903440, -81.677337
    • 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 Wharton
  • 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Since Wharton is near Logan County and also Raleigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh 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 Wharton

Communities Also Named Wharton ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Wharton.

Within West Virginia, the name Wharton is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee 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 Alabama community of Wharton [Cherokee County].
    • Arkansas
      • Madison County
      • This Wharton is located in Madison County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the west of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Wharton.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort 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 North Carolina community of Wharton [Beaufort County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Wharton lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Wharton.
      • Scioto County
      • This community is historic and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Wharton.
      • Wyandot County
      • This Wharton is located in Wyandot County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Wharton.
    • Oklahoma
      • Cherokee 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 Oklahoma community of Wharton [Cherokee County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Wharton is located in Philadelphia County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Wharton.
      • Potter County
      • This Wharton is located in Potter County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km] to the northeast of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Wharton.
    • Texas
      • Wharton County
      • This Wharton is located in Wharton County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Wharton that is located in Boone County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wharton County community of Wharton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wharton ...

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.

  • Bald Knob
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bald Knob is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
  • Bob White
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bob White is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob White
  • Gordon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Gordon is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Greenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Marthatown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Marthatown is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthatown
  • Pardee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pardee is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
  • Rocklick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocklick is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
  • Stark
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Stark is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
  • Twilight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twilight is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight

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

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

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wharton to Madison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wharton 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wharton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Wharton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Wharton 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 Wharton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9034, Longitude: -81.6773       In this case, the coordinates for Wharton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.696 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.487 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.025 degrees.