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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 Duo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Duo 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 Duo:
    • 38.071228, -80.597586
    • 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 Duo
  • 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
    • Since Duo is near Nicholas County and also Fayette 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 Fayette 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 Duo

Communities Also Named Duo ...

We found two communities that are also named Duo.

Within West Virginia, the name Duo is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee 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 South Carolina community of Duo [Oconee County].
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Duo is located in Claiborne County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Duo that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Duo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Duo ...

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.

  • Carl
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carl is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
  • Cornstalk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornstalk is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornstalk
  • Friars Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Friars Hill is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Hill
  • Grassy Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Grassy Falls is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Falls
  • Green Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Green Valley is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Hominy Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Falls
  • Jetsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jetsville is located in Nicholas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetsville
  • Leslie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Leslie is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Orient Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
  • Rock Cliff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rock Cliff is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cliff
  • Sunlight
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunlight is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight
  • Trout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Trout is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout

How Far From Duo 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 Duo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Duo and extending to:

  • Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Duo to Lewisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Duo 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Duo) 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 Duo 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 Duo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0712, Longitude: -80.5976       In this case, the coordinates for Duo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.043 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.766 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.512 degrees.