Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Adlai, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Adlai and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Adlai
- 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 Adlai:
- 39.337855, -81.063166
- 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 Adlai
- 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 Pleasants County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pleasants County
- Since Adlai is near Washington County and also Ritchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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
Communities Also Named Adlai ...
We found one communities that share the name Adlai.
Within West Virginia, the name Adlai is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Adlai in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Adlai ...
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.
- Admiral ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Cloverdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Pleasants County
- Crisp ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Federal ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Fern
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Finch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Hebron is located in Pleasants County
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - League
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for League
- League is located in Ritchie County
- Maxwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Pike
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Plum Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- Plum Run is located in Tyler County
- Twiggs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Adlai 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 Adlai to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Adlai and extending to:
- Saint Marys, which is the Seat of Pleasants County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Adlai to Charleston, with an average speed<4>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 217 miles [349.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,637 miles [7,462.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Adlai. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Adlai 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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- Adlai) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adlai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3379, Longitude: -81.0632 In this case, the coordinates for Adlai have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Adlai to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.289 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.235 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.289 degrees. |