Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Widemouth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Widemouth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Widemouth
- 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 Widemouth:
- 37.455672, -81.264267
- 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 Widemouth
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Widemouth is near Wyoming County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- eBird sighting report for McDowell 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Widemouth ...
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.
- Basin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Bud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Bud is located in Wyoming County
- Cherokee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Coaldale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Crumpler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Flipping
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Freeman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Freeman is located in Mercer County
- Goodwill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Hiawatha
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Kale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Rock is located in Mercer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock <2>
- Sandlick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Smokeless
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Spanishburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanishburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanishburg
- Spanishburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanishburg <2>
- Switchback
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Switchback have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switchback
- Switchback is located in McDowell County
- Worth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Smokeless
How Far From Widemouth 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 Widemouth 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<3> community of Widemouth once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Widemouth and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Widemouth to Princeton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 250 miles [402.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,724 miles [7,602.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Widemouth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Widemouth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Widemouth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4557, Longitude: -81.2643 In this case, the coordinates for Widemouth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Widemouth 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 310.455 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.145 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.992 degrees. |