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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 Dubree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dubree 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 Dubree:
- 38.052612, -80.987598
- 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 Dubree
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Dubree is near Nicholas County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Dubree
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dubree ...
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.
- Beauty
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beauty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Carver ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carver is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Clifftop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Divide
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Divide is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
- Edmond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edmond is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Jenky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jenky is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenky
- Lookout
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Michigan ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Michigan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
- Mountain Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Cove is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Cove
- Ravenseye
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
- Red Ash ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Ash is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Spy Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spy Rock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spy Rock
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Dubree 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 Dubree 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<2> community of Dubree once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dubree and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Dubree to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 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 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,811 miles [10,961.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,687 miles [7,543 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Dubree, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dubree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Dubree 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 Dubree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0526, Longitude: -80.9876 In this case, the coordinates for Dubree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.278 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.031 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.683 degrees. |
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