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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 Barlow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barlow 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 Barlow:
    • 38.394541, -81.582623
    • 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 Barlow
  • 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 Barlow ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Barlow.

Within West Virginia, the name Barlow is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Washington County
      • This Barlow is located in Washington County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Barlow.
    • British Columbia
      • This Barlow lies 2,173 miles [3,497.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Barlow is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,214 miles [3,563.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Barlow.
    • Idaho
      • Jefferson County
      • This Barlow is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Barlow.
    • Kansas
      • Norton 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 Barlow [Norton County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ballard County
      • This Barlow is located in Ballard County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the west of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Barlow.
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • This Barlow is located in Copiah County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Barlow.
    • Missouri
      • Wayne County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Barlow [Wayne County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Barlow [Camden County].
    • North Dakota
      • Foster County
      • This Barlow is located in Foster County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Foster County community of Barlow.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Barlow is located in Washington County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the north of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Barlow.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Barlow is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,144 miles [3,450.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Barlow.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • This Barlow is located in Adams County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Barlow.
    • Texas
      • Cooke 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 Texas community of Barlow [Cooke County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Barlow is located in Davis County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Barlow.
    • Yukon
      • This Barlow lies 2,855 miles [4,594.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Barlow that is located in Kanawha County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barlow ...

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.

  • Airport Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
    • Airport Village is located in Kanawha County
    • Airport Village has also been known as:
    • Airport
  • Big Chimney
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Chimney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Chimney
    • Big Chimney is located in Kanawha County
  • Blackhawk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackhawk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
    • Blackhawk is located in Kanawha County
  • Elk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
    • Elk is located in Kanawha County
  • Elk Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Forest
    • Elk Forest is located in Kanawha County
  • Elk Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Hills
    • Elk Hills is located in Kanawha County
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Meadowbrook is located in Kanawha County
  • Mink ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mink have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink
    • Mink is located in Kanawha County
  • Pinch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinch
    • Pinch is located in Kanawha County
  • Riverview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Riverview is located in Kanawha County
  • Sandy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Sandy is located in Kanawha County
  • Snow Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Snow Hill is located in Kanawha County
  • South Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • South Park is located in Kanawha County
  • Twomile
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twomile have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
    • Twomile is located in Kanawha County

How Far From Barlow 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 Barlow 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 community of Barlow once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Barlow and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies just to the southwest (SW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Barlow to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barlow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3945, Longitude: -81.5826       In this case, the coordinates for Barlow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Barlow 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>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 Barlow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Barlow 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 310.63 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.484 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.828 degrees.









 

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