Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cyrus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cyrus and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cyrus
- 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 Cyrus:
- 38.305361, -82.572658
- 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 Cyrus
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Cyrus is near Boyd County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Cyrus ...
We found ten communities that share the name Cyrus.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Cyrus.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Ness County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Ness County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ness County community of Cyrus.
- Trego 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 Kansas community of Cyrus [Trego County].
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cyrus ...
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.
- Big Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Buffalo Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Creek
- Buffalo Creek is located in Wayne County
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Wayne County
- Durbin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Meadow Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Haven
- Meadow Haven is located in Wayne County
- Mouth of Bear
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mouth of Bear have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouth of Bear
- Mouth of Bear is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Neal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Savage Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savage Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Branch
- Savage Branch is located in Boyd County (KY)
- Shoals
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Sweet Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Cyrus 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 Cyrus to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cyrus and extending to:
- Wayne, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cyrus to Wayne, with an average speed<5> 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 51 miles [82.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cyrus. 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 Cyrus 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 Cyrus, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cyrus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cyrus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3054, Longitude: -82.5727 In this case, the coordinates for Cyrus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Cyrus to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.235 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.162 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.285 degrees. |