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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 Andy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andy 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 Andy:
    • 39.671467, -80.757038
    • 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 Andy
  • 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 Wetzel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wetzel County
    • Since Andy is near Marshall County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Andy

Communities Also Named Andy ...

We found two communities that are also named Andy.

Within West Virginia, the name Andy is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Breathitt 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 Kentucky community of Andy [Breathitt County].
    • Tennessee
      • Perry 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 Tennessee community of Andy [Perry County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Andy ...

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.

  • Childs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Childs is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Five Points ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Green Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Hill is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Halls Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Halls Mills is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Mills
  • Hannibal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hannibal is located in Monroe County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Howard ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Howard is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Lynn Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lynn Camp is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Camp
  • Marion
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Marion is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Minnie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Minnie is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
  • Peabody
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Peabody is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
  • Porters Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Porters Falls is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Falls
  • Reader
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Reader is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reader
  • Rockport ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rockport is located in Monroe County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Veto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Veto is located in Wetzel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto

How Far From Andy to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Andy to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Andy once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Andy and extending to:

  • New Martinsville, which is the Seat of Wetzel County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Andy to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,018 miles [9,685 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,735 miles [10,838.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,611 miles [7,420.7 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 Andy 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Andy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Andy) 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 Andy 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 Andy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6715, Longitude: -80.7570       In this case, the coordinates for Andy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.089 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.058 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.039 degrees.