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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 Clifton Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clifton Ford 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 Clifton Ford:
- 38.598715, -80.488698
- 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 Clifton Ford
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Clifton Ford is near Braxton County and also Nicholas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas 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 Clifton Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clifton Ford ...
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.
- Bakers Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bakers Run is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers Run
- Big Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Big Run is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Diana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Diana is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diana
- Fishers Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fishers Crossing is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Crossing
- Guardian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guardian is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guardian
- Hacker Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Jumbo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jumbo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
How Far From Clifton Ford 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 Clifton Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clifton Ford and extending to:
- Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Clifton Ford to Webster Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,055 miles [9,744.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,767 miles [10,890.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,643 miles [7,472.2 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 '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- Clifton Ford) 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 Clifton Ford 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 Clifton Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5987, Longitude: -80.4887 In this case, the coordinates for Clifton Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.963 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.289 degrees. |
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