RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Preston County >> Wymps Gap >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wymps Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wymps Gap 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 Wymps Gap:
    • 39.720078, -79.750329
    • 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 Wymps Gap
  • 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
    • Since Wymps Gap is near Fayette County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Wymps Gap

Communities Also Named Wymps Gap ...

We found one communities that are also named Wymps Gap.

Within West Virginia, the name Wymps Gap is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Wymps Gap in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Wymps Gap [Fayette County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wymps Gap ...

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 Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheat Lake is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Lake
  • Cheat Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheat Neck is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Neck
  • Cornish
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornish is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
  • Crystal
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Florence ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Florence is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Greystone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Greystone is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Hopewell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopewell is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Ices Ferry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ices Ferry is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ices Ferry
  • Laurel Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Run is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
  • Locust Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Locust Hill is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Outcrop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Outcrop is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outcrop
  • Point Breeze
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Point Breeze is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Ruble Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruble Mill is located in Fayette County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruble Mill
  • Sunset Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

How Far From Wymps Gap to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wymps Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wymps Gap and extending to:

  • Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wymps Gap to Kingwood, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,975 miles [9,615.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,690 miles [10,766.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,565 miles [7,346.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Wymps Gap 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 from Point A (ie- Wymps Gap) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Wymps Gap 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 Wymps Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7201, Longitude: -79.7503       In this case, the coordinates for Wymps Gap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.471 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.362 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.576 degrees.