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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 Spraggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spraggs 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 Spraggs:
- 39.780617, -80.217425
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Spraggs
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Spraggs is near Monongalia County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Spraggs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spraggs ...
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.
- Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brave is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brave
- Buzz
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buzz is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzz
- Gump
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jollytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pine Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Bank is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bank
- Price
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Rush Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Crossroads is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Crossroads
- Shamrock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Triumph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Triumph is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triumph
How Far From Spraggs 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 Spraggs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Spraggs and extending to:
- Waynesburg, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the North.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Spraggs to Harrisburg, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,992 miles [9,643.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,583 miles [7,375.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Spraggs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Spraggs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spraggs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7806, Longitude: -80.2174 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.754 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.761 degrees. |
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