Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dry Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dry Run and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dry Run
- 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 Dry Run:
- 38.612990, -79.524975
- 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 Dry Run
- 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 Pendleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- Since Dry Run is near Highland County and also Randolph County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Highland County
- eBird sighting report for Randolph 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 Dry Run ...
We found nine communities that share the name Dry Run.
Within West Virginia, the name Dry Run is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- Ohio
- Columbiana County
- This Dry Run is located in Columbiana County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Dry Run that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Dry Run.
- Hamilton County
- This Dry Run is located in Hamilton County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the west of the Dry Run that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Dry Run.
- Scioto County
- This Dry Run is located in Scioto County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km] to the west of the Dry Run that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Dry Run.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver 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 Dry Run [Beaver County].
- Franklin County
- This Dry Run is located in Franklin County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Dry Run that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Dry Run.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dry Run ...
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.
- Blue Grass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
- Blue Grass is located in Highland County (VA)
- Circleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
- Circleville is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <4>
- Entry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Pendleton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
- Hardscrabble
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardscrabble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Hardscrabble is located in Highland County (VA)
- Harper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harper is located in Pendleton County
- Moatstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Possum Trot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Possum Trot is located in Highland County (VA)
How Far From Dry Run 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 Dry Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dry Run and extending to:
- Franklin, which is the Seat of Pendleton County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dry Run to Franklin, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west (W). 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 135 miles [217.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,014 miles [9,678.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dry Run. 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 Dry Run 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dry Run) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dry Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6130, Longitude: -79.5250 In this case, the coordinates for Dry Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dry Run 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 309.383 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.094 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.872 degrees. |