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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 Whitcomb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitcomb 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 Whitcomb:
- 37.777066, -80.428129
- 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 Whitcomb
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Whitcomb is near Monroe County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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 Whitcomb
Communities Also Named Whitcomb ...
We found seven communities that are also named Whitcomb.
Within West Virginia, the name Whitcomb is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Franklin County
- This Whitcomb is located in Franklin County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Whitcomb that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Whitcomb.
- Jennings County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Whitcomb [Jennings County].
- Missouri
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Whitcomb [Jackson County].
- Montana
- Phillips County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whitcomb [Phillips County].
- Oregon
- Linn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Whitcomb [Linn County].
- Washington
- Benton County
- This Whitcomb is located in Benton County and lies 2,077 miles [3,342.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Whitcomb that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Whitcomb.
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- This Whitcomb is located in Shawano County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Whitcomb that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Whitcomb.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitcomb ...
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.
- Crowfields
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crowfields is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfields
- Dickson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dickson is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
- Hopper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopper is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
- Lewisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Organ Cave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Organ Cave is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Cave
- Rockland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rolling Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Teaberry
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Teaberry is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
- Walnut Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
How Far From Whitcomb 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 Whitcomb 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 community of Whitcomb once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitcomb and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Whitcomb to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 199 miles [320.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Whitcomb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Whitcomb 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. |
| <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 Whitcomb, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Whitcomb 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 Whitcomb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7771, Longitude: -80.4281 In this case, the coordinates for Whitcomb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.949 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.615 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.537 degrees. |
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