Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sleith, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sleith and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sleith
- 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 Sleith:
- 38.679262, -80.946495
- 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 Sleith
- 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 Braxton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- Since Sleith is near Clay County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sleith ...
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.
- Chloe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Dingy
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Duck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Euclid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Floe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Frame Knob ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frame Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Knob
- Frame Knob is located in Clay County
- Frametown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
- Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Lydia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Mark ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Mudfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudfork
- Mudfork is located in Calhoun County
- Progress ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (4 more) ...
How Far From Sleith 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 Sleith 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<2> community of Sleith once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sleith and extending to:
- Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sleith to Sutton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,070 miles [9,768.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Sleith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sleith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sleith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6793, Longitude: -80.9465 In this case, the coordinates for Sleith 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 Sleith 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 310.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.078 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.459 degrees. |