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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 Cresap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cresap 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 Cresap:
- 39.843409, -80.816757
- 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 Cresap
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Cresap is near Belmont County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Cresap
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cresap ...
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.
- Businessburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Businessburg is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
- Clover Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Dwight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dwight is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwight
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Grave Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grave Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Creek
- Graysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Kent
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kent is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Lynn Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn Camp is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Camp
- Moundsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stillhouse Run ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stillhouse Run is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillhouse Run
How Far From Cresap 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 Cresap to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cresap and extending to:
- Moundsville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cresap to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,731 miles [10,832.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,606 miles [7,412.6 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 '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- Cresap) 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 Cresap 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 Cresap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8434, Longitude: -80.8168 In this case, the coordinates for Cresap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.119 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.118 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.006 degrees. |
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