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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 Wymer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wymer 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 Wymer:
- 38.893393, -79.618346
- 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 Wymer
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Wymer is near Tucker County and also Pendleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pendleton 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 Wymer
Communities Also Named Wymer ...
We found three communities that are also named Wymer.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Wymer.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Lewis County
- This Wymer is located in Lewis County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the west of the Wymer that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Wymer.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Wymer [Leavenworth County].
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- This Wymer is located in Kittitas County and lies 2,112 miles [3,398.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wymer that is located in Randolph County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Wymer.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wymer ...
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.
- Cheat Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cheat Junction is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Junction
- Dryfork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Job
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Job is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Little Italy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Italy is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Lumber ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lumber is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber
- Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meadows is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Mill Run ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Perlytown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Perlytown is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perlytown
How Far From Wymer 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 Wymer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wymer and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wymer to Elkins, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wymer) 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 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 Wymer 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wymer 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 Wymer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8934, Longitude: -79.6183 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.427 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.188 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.813 degrees. |
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