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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 Harman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harman 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 Harman:
- 37.159939, -81.707141
- 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 Harman
- 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 Tazewell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tazewell County
- Since Harman is near Buchanan County and also McDowell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell 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 Harman
Communities Also Named Harman ...
We found seven communities that are also named Harman.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Harman.
Beyond Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Buchanan County
- This Harman is located in Buchanan County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harman that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Harman.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Harman [Arapahoe County].
- Indiana
- Jennings 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 Indiana community of Harman [Jennings County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel 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 Maryland community of Harman [Anne Arundel County].
- North Carolina
- Watauga 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 North Carolina community of Harman [Watauga County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Harman [Kanawha County].
- Randolph County
- This Harman is located in Randolph County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the northeast of the Harman that is located in Tazewell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Harman.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harman ...
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.
- Bearwallow
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Busthead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Busthead is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busthead
- Cedar Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Faraday
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Faraday is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faraday
- Gap Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gap Store is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Store
- Hix ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hix is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hix
- Indian
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian
- Jewell Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jewell Ridge is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Ridge
- Maxwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pounding Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seaboard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Seaboard is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaboard
- Sulphur Spring ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sulphur Spring is located in Tazewell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Spring
How Far From Harman 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 Harman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harman and extending to:
- Tazewell, which is the Seat of Tazewell County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Harman to Tazewell, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,879 miles [11,070.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,755 miles [7,652.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Harman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Harman 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Harman 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 Harman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1599, Longitude: -81.7071 In this case, the coordinates for Harman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.723 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.409 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.269 degrees. |
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