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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 Elk Run Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elk Run Junction 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 Elk Run Junction:
    • 37.992195, -81.542568
    • 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 Elk Run Junction
  • 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 Elk Run Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Elk Run Junction.

Within West Virginia, the name Elk Run Junction is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Elk Run Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson 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 Pennsylvania community of Elk Run Junction [Jefferson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elk Run Junction ...

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.

  • Acme
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Carbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dorothy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fosterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
    • Holly is located in Kanawha County
  • Janie
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Joes Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Keith
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Leevale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leevale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leevale
    • Leevale is located in Raleigh County
  • Milltown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Boone County
  • Nelson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nelson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Nelson is located in Boone County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Nelson
    • From Elk Run Junction to Nelson
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Packsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Red Warrior
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Warrior have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Warrior
      • Red Warrior is located in Kanawha County
    • Twilight
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • United
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for United have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
      • United is located in Kanawha County
    • Williams Mountain
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

How Far From Elk Run Junction 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 Elk Run Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Elk Run Junction and extending to:

  • Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Elk Run Junction to Madison, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 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 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,838 miles [11,004.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,714 miles [7,586.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elk Run Junction. 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 Elk Run Junction 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elk Run Junction) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk Run Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9922, Longitude: -81.5426       In this case, the coordinates for Elk Run Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Elk Run Junction 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 310.613 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.406 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.939 degrees.




 

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