Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kire and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kire

• 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 Kire:
  • 37.440125, -80.518951
  • 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 Kire

• 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 Giles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Giles County
  • Since Kire is near Craig County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Craig County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Kire

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kire ...

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.

• Assurance
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Assurance is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
• Captain
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Captain is located in Craig County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captain
• Crimson Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Crimson Springs is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crimson Springs
• Gap Mills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gap Mills is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gap Mills <1>
• Gates
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gates is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
• Lillydale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lillydale is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
• Maggie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Maggie is located in Craig County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maggie
• Maybrook
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Maybrook is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
• Mountain Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Lake is located in Giles County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake
• Rock Camp
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock Camp is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Camp
• Salt Sulphur Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Salt Sulphur Springs is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Sulphur Springs
• Union
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Union is located in Monroe County (WV)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
• Valley Mill
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley Mill is located in Craig County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mill

How Far From Kire 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 Kire to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kire and extending to:

• Pearisburg, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kire to Pearisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,815 miles [10,967.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'