Fort Ashby
in Mineral County of West Virginia, United States

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
39.503 and -78.769 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 39° 30' 11" and W -78° 46' 7"
Currency and Currency Code:
Dollar - USD
Spoken languages:
English, Spanish, French
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 12:28 PM (Saturday)
Timezone: America/New_York
UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
7:45 am and 6:11 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-34.226 and 115.057 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Hamelin Bay
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for United States in Northern America

Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03

Delve into Fort Ashby

Fort Ashby in Mineral County (West Virginia) with it's 1,380 habitants is located in United States about 102 mi (or 164 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.

Current time in Fort Ashby is now 12:28 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 12 airports close to Fort Ashby, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport in a distance of 56 mi (or 91 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 123 mi (or 197 km), South-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cumberland, Romney, Keyser, Moorefield and Berkeley Springs. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F

Morning Temperature 5°C / 41 °F
Evening Temperature 12°C / 53 °F
Night Temperature 6°C / 42 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 45%
Air Pressure 1029 hPa
Wind Speed Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 67% of sky
General Conditions Broken clouds

Saturday, 2nd of November 2024

12°C (54 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.

Sunday, 3rd of November 2024

13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.

Monday, 4th of November 2024

18°C (64 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.

Videos from this area

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EMD SD40-2's Shoving In Cumberland

Published: December 04, 2014
Length: 01:27 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: BaltimoreAndOhioRR

CSX Cumberland yard, Maryland.


raw video of Rt 50 ride in WV 8-15-2009

Published: August 16, 2009
Length: 12:12 min
Rating: 1 of 5
Author: le351a


Deer in the woods

Published: June 23, 2013
Length: 53:20 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Dan Rose

Taken on Dan's mountain Western Maryland.


Bowling Green aerial truck Quint 8

Published: March 06, 2009
Length: 28:47 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: mowerman47

Quint 8 enroute to a mutal aid call to Keyser WV on 3/6/09.


cessna 172 cockpit view night landing

Published: October 17, 2010
Length: 56:56 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: mowerman47

Landing on runway 23 after a trip to Somerset PA. Moderate winds from 310. Not the best landing but hey we all walked away and the plane is in one piece.


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Published: May 28, 2012
Length: 51:20 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: BaltimoreAndOhioRR

through shenandoah junction, west virginia.


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Published: August 31, 2012
Length: 33:58 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: scotzx

My first time in Warners since I worked there in 1983.


nascar crash

Published: October 01, 2007
Length: 20:57 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Philip83151

nascar racing 4 crash.


Bell Ringers playing Like a River Glorious

Published: June 16, 2013
Length: 00:28 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: cresapumc

Our Bell Ringers playing Like a River Glorious at our 8:30 am service on 6/16/2013.


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Published: June 28, 2012
Length: 27:53 min
Rating: 5 of 5
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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Fort Ashby, West Virginia

Fort Ashby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, West Virginia along Patterson Creek. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census. The community was originally chartered as Frankfort and then known as Alaska before it took the name of its well-known historic landmark.

Located at 39.4978, -78.7678 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in Mineral County, West Virginia, Census-designated places in West Virginia, Populated places in the Cumberland, MD-WV MSA, Cumberland, MD-WV MSA

Popular in vicinity

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Pattersons Creek, Frankfort, Frankford, Alaska, Fort Ashby