Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Crow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Crow
- 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 Crow:
- 37.759283, -81.076763
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Crow
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Crow is near Fayette County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- eBird sighting report for Summers 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Crow ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Crow.
Within West Virginia, the name Crow is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Alcorn County
- This Crow is located in Alcorn County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Crow that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alcorn County community of Crow.
- Noxubee County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Crow [Noxubee County].
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Crow [Belmont County].
- Hancock County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Hancock County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Crow.
- Oregon
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Crow is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,290 miles [2,076.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Crow that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Crow.
- Wood County
- This Crow is located in Wood County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km] to the west southwest of the Crow that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Crow.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crow ...
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.
- Beaver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Beaver is located in Raleigh County
- Former name for Beaver:
- Glen Hedrick
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
- Blue Jay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Bragg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Cherry Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Cherry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Clifftop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Daniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Daniels is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Daniels <4>
- Grandview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Hamlet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Johnstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Pear ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Piney View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Pluto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Prince
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince
- Prince is located in Fayette County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prince <4>
- Royal ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Shady Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Spring
- Shady Spring is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Spring <4>
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spangler Factory have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Terry Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Junction
- Terry Junction is located in Raleigh County
- Prince
How Far From Crow 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 Crow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crow and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Crow to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 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 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,117 miles [9,844.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,827 miles [10,987 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crow 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. |
| <2> | 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 Crow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7593, Longitude: -81.0768 In this case, the coordinates for Crow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Crow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.337 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.056 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.816 degrees. |