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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 East Dailey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Dailey and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 East Dailey:
    • 38.780387, -79.890901
    • 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 East Dailey
  • 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
    • Since East Dailey is near Pocahontas County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 East Dailey

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Dailey ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Cheat Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cheat Junction is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Junction
  • Dailey
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dailey is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
  • Elk River Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Elk River Junction is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
  • Fisher ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Fisher is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Gertrude ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Gertrude is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
  • Huff ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Huff is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
  • Lee Bell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lee Bell is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Bell
  • Lonetree ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lonetree is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
  • Mabie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mabie is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabie
  • May
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • May is located in Pocahontas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May

How Far From East Dailey to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as East Dailey to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Dailey and extending to:

  • Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Dailey to Elkins, with an average speed<3> 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 98 miles [157.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,022 miles [9,691.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,734 miles [10,837.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,609 miles [7,417.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- East Dailey) 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 East Dailey 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 East Dailey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7804, Longitude: -79.8909       In this case, the coordinates for East Dailey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.596 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.362 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.97 degrees.