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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 Clary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clary 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 Clary:
- 39.025386, -78.364727
- 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 Clary
- 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 Shenandoah County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shenandoah County
- Since Clary is near Frederick County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Clary
Communities Also Named Clary ...
We found one communities that are also named Clary.
Within Virginia, the name Clary is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Clary in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Benzie 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 Michigan community of Clary [Benzie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clary ...
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.
- Fawcett Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fawcett Gap is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawcett Gap
- Gravel Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Springs
- Meadow Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meadow Mills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Mills
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Mountain Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain Falls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Falls
- Poplar Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
- Reliance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Toms Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Waterlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterlick is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterlick
- Wheatfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wheatfield is located in Shenandoah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield
How Far From Clary 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 Clary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Clary and extending to:
- Woodstock, which is the Seat of Shenandoah County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clary to Woodstock, 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 71 miles [114.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,948 miles [9,572.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,657 miles [10,713.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Clary 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Clary) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Clary 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 Clary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0254, Longitude: -78.3647 In this case, the coordinates for Clary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.346 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.228 degrees. |
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