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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 Carney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carney 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 Carney:
    • 38.550926, -81.585959
    • 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 Carney
  • 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 Kanawha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha County
    • Since Carney is near Jackson County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Carney

Communities Also Named Carney ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Carney.

Within West Virginia, the name Carney is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Carney is located in Baldwin County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Carney.
    • Iowa
      • Floyd County
      • This Carney is located in Floyd County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Carney.
      • Polk County
      • This Carney is located in Polk County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km] to the west northwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Carney.
    • Kansas
      • Chautauqua County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carney [Chautauqua County].
      • Marshall County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carney [Marshall County].
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Carney is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Carney.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Carney is located in Baltimore County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Carney.
    • Michigan
      • Menominee County
      • This Carney is located in Menominee County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Carney.
    • Montana
      • Sweet Grass County
      • This Carney is located in Sweet Grass County and lies 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweet Grass County community of Carney.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Carney [Alamance County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • This Carney is located in Lincoln County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the west of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Carney.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Carney is located in Westmoreland County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Carney that is located in Kanawha County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Carney.
      • Wyoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carney [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carney ...

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.

  • Advent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Advent is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent
  • Frame
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Frame is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame
  • Goldtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goldtown is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldtown
  • Hicumbottom
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hicumbottom is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicumbottom
  • Island Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
  • Kettle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kettle is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
  • Legg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Legg is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
  • Loop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Loop is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop
  • Mount Tell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Tell is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tell
  • Romance
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Romance is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romance

How Far From Carney 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 Carney 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<3> community of Carney once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Carney and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Carney to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east (E). 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<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Carney 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.
<3>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 Carney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Carney 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 Carney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5509, Longitude: -81.5860       In this case, the coordinates for Carney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.629 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.506 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.778 degrees.