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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 Lurich, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lurich 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 Lurich:
- 37.379743, -80.842242
- 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 Lurich
- 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 Lurich is near Logan County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan 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 Lurich
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lurich ...
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 City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bozoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bozoo is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozoo
- Chestnut Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Knob is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
- Cloverdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cloverdale is located in Monroe County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- French
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- French is located in Giles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Gray Sulphur Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hill Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Top is located in Summers County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Kellysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kellysville is located in Mercer County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellysville
- Narrows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peterstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Lurich 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 Lurich to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lurich and extending to:
- Pearisburg, which is the Seat of Giles County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lurich to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,124 miles [9,855.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,832 miles [10,995 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lurich) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lurich 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 Lurich. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3797, Longitude: -80.8422 In this case, the coordinates for Lurich have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.204 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.848 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.84 degrees. |
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