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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 Ames Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ames Heights 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 Ames Heights:
- 38.085388, -81.075657
- 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 Ames Heights
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Ames Heights is near Nicholas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Ames Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ames Heights ...
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.
- Beauty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beauty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Carver ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Chimney Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chimney Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
- Cotton Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
- Edmond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edmond is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Hawks Nest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Michigan ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Michigan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
- Mountain Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Spy Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spy Rock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spy Rock
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Ames Heights 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 Ames Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ames Heights and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ames Heights to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four 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 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,689 miles [7,546.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ames Heights) 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 Ames Heights 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 Ames Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0854, Longitude: -81.0757 In this case, the coordinates for Ames Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.33 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.096 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.71 degrees. |
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