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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 Beckley Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beckley Junction 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 Beckley Junction:
- 37.764004, -81.195933
- 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 Beckley Junction
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Beckley Junction is near Fayette County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Beckley Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beckley Junction ...
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.
- Affinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Affinity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affinity
- Beaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Jay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Jay is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Cedar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Clifftop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Crab Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cranberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cranberry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Daniels
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dry Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Glen View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen View
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harper Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harper Heights is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Heights
- Johnstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Johnstown is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Woodpeck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodpeck is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodpeck
How Far From Beckley Junction 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 Beckley Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beckley Junction and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Beckley Junction to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beckley Junction) 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 Beckley Junction 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 Beckley Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7640, Longitude: -81.1959 In this case, the coordinates for Beckley Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.409 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.138 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.865 degrees. |
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