Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Clover Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clover Lick and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Clover Lick

• 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 Clover Lick:
  • 38.330953, -79.970895
  • 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 Clover Lick

• 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 Pocahontas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
  • Since Clover Lick is near Highland County and also Bath County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Highland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath 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 Clover Lick

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clover Lick ...

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.

• Deer Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Deer Creek is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
• Dunmore
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dunmore is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <1>
• Frost
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Frost is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
• Green Bank
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Bank is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Bank <1>
• Knapp
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Knapp is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp
• Mace
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mace is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
• Spruce
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Spruce is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
• Stony Bottom
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Stony Bottom is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Bottom
• Sunset ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sunset is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
• Thorny Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thorny Creek is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Creek
• Walnut
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Walnut is located in Pocahontas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut

How Far From Clover Lick 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 Clover Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clover Lick and extending to:

• Marlinton, which is the Seat of Pocahontas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clover Lick to Marlinton, 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 89 miles [143.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,045 miles [9,728.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,631 miles [7,452.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'