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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 Carver, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carver 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 Carver:
    • 38.075944, -81.083991
    • 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 Carver
  • 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
    • Since Carver is near Nicholas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Carver

Communities Also Named Carver ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Carver.

Within West Virginia, the name Carver is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Carver is located in Grant County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Carver.
      • Newton County
      • This Carver is located in Newton County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the west of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Carver.
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Florida community of Carver [Duval County].
      • Sumter County
      • This Carver is located in Sumter County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the south of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Carver.
    • Iowa
      • Wapello 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 Iowa community of Carver [Wapello County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • This Carver is located in Magoffin County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Carver.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Carver is located in Plymouth County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Carver.
    • Minnesota
      • Carver County
      • This Carver is located in Carver County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carver County community of Carver.
    • New York
      • New York 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 New York community of Carver [New York County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Garvin County
      • This Carver is located in Garvin County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the west of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garvin County community of Carver.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Carver is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Carver that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Carver.
    • Texas
      • Leon County
      • Although located in Leon County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Carver.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carver ...

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.

  • Beauty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beauty is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
  • Chimney Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimney Corner is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corner
  • Cotton Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Hill is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Hill
  • Edmond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edmond is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
  • Hawks Nest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawks Nest is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Nest
  • Hopewell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hopewell is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Michigan ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Michigan is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
  • Mountain Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
  • Spy Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Spy Rock is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spy Rock
  • Sunnyside ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From Carver 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 Carver 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 Carver once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Carver and extending to:

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Carver to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 225 miles [362.1 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,814 miles [10,966.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,690 miles [7,547.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carver) 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 Carver 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 Carver, 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 Carver 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 Carver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0759, Longitude: -81.0840       In this case, the coordinates for Carver have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.335 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.10 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.717 degrees.