Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dantown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dantown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dantown
- 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 Dantown:
- 39.155932, -79.966744
- 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 Dantown
- 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 Barbour County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- Since Dantown is near Taylor County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Dantown ...
We found one communities that share the name Dantown.
Within West Virginia, the name Dantown is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Dantown in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dantown ...
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.
- Cove Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Cove Run Station ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove Run Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Run Station
- Cove Run Station is located in Barbour County
- Elk City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Flora ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Fox Hall ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Independence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Barbour County
- Jones
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Meadowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Meadowville is located in Barbour County
- Moatsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moatsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moatsville
- Moatsville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moatsville <3>
- Mount Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Mount Liberty is located in Barbour County
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Pleasant Creek is located in Barbour County
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- Pleasure Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasure Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
- Pleasure Valley is located in Barbour County
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Valley Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Bend
- Valley Bend is located in Barbour County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Bend <3>
- Valley Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Pleasure Valley
How Far From Dantown 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 Dantown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Dantown once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Dantown and extending to:
- Philippi, which is the Seat of Barbour County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Dantown to Charleston, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,009 miles [9,670.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,722 miles [10,818 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,597 miles [7,398.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1559, Longitude: -79.9667 In this case, the coordinates for Dantown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Dantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dantown 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 309.627 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.455 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.871 degrees. |