Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gardner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gardner and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gardner
- 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 Gardner:
- 37.923176, -80.348407
- 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 Gardner
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Gardner is near Pocahontas County and also Alleghany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- eBird sighting report for Alleghany 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 Gardner ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Gardner.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Gardner.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hardee County
- This Gardner is located in Hardee County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the south of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardee County community of Gardner.
- Leon County
- This Gardner is located in Leon County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km] to the south southwest of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Gardner.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Jackson 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 Gardner [Jackson County].
- Johnson County
- This Gardner is located in Johnson County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the west of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Gardner.
- Kentucky
- Boyd 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 Kentucky community of Gardner [Boyd County].
- Clay County
- This Gardner is located in Clay County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Gardner.
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- This Gardner is located in Harrison County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Gardner.
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Gardner [Saint Louis County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Crawford County
- This Gardner is located in Crawford County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Gardner.
- Morgan County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Morgan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Gardner.
- Noble County
- This community is historic and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Gardner.
- Pennsylvania
- Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Gardner [Blair County].
- Centre County
- This Gardner is located in Centre County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Gardner that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Gardner.
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gardner [Lawrence County].
- Lehigh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gardner [Lehigh County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardner ...
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.
- Anthony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Anthony is located in Greenbrier County
- Brink ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Droop Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Droop Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Droop Mountain
- Droop Mountain is located in Greenbrier County
- Falling Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Friars Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friars Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Hill
- Friars Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Golden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Hopper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Julia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Mapledale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Rolling Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County
- Spring Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Spring Creek is located in Greenbrier County
- Sue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Sunlight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
- Sunlight is located in Greenbrier County
- Woodman
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Gardner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gardner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gardner and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gardner to Lewisburg, 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,664 miles [7,506 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gardner. 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gardner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gardner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9232, Longitude: -80.3484 In this case, the coordinates for Gardner 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Gardner 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 Gardner, 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 Gardner 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 309.898 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.578 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.456 degrees. |