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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 Blaser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blaser 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 Blaser:
- 39.386761, -79.717560
- 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 Blaser
- 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Since Blaser is near Monongalia County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 Blaser
Communities Also Named Blaser ...
We found one communities that are also named Blaser.
Within West Virginia, the name Blaser is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Blaser in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Bannock 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 Idaho community of Blaser [Bannock County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blaser ...
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.
- Camp Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Ground is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Chestnut Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Erwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Fellowsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fellowsville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowsville
- Heathers Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Israel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Israel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel
- Kanetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kanetown is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanetown
- Kingwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Oriole ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oriole is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Salt Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salt Lick is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
- Scotch Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Scotch Hill is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
- Threefork Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
How Far From Blaser 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 Blaser to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Blaser and extending to:
- Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Blaser to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 147 miles [236.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,988 miles [9,636.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Blaser 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Blaser) 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 Blaser 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 Blaser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3868, Longitude: -79.7176 In this case, the coordinates for Blaser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.466 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.307 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.681 degrees. |
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