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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 Buskirk Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buskirk Addition 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 Buskirk Addition:
- 37.846215, -81.995958
- 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 Buskirk Addition
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Buskirk Addition is near Mingo County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Buskirk Addition
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buskirk Addition ...
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.
- Black Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Crooked Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crooked Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Dog Patch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dog Patch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Patch
- Hedgeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Monitor
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Monitor is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Peach Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Red Campbell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Campbell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Campbell
- Ridgeview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ridgeview is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rum Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rum Junction is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rum Junction
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shamrock is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Sunbeam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunbeam is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Trace Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trace Junction is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace Junction
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wanda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wanda is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
How Far From Buskirk Addition 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 Buskirk Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Buskirk Addition and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Buskirk Addition to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 278 miles [447.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,864 miles [11,046.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,739 miles [7,626.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buskirk Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Buskirk Addition 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 Buskirk Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8462, Longitude: -81.9960 In this case, the coordinates for Buskirk Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.89 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.70 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.179 degrees. |
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