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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 Ephram, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ephram 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 Ephram:
- 37.909003, -81.013430
- 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 Ephram
- 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 Ephram is near Raleigh County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summers 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 Ephram
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ephram ...
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.
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Chestnut Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
- Export ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Export is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Export
- Fire Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hemlock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Kathryn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kathryn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathryn
- Layland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Layland Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Layland Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Heights
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Prince
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Ash ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Ash is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Royal ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
How Far From Ephram 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 Ephram 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 Ephram once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Ephram and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ephram to Fayetteville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving 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 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,818 miles [10,972.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,694 miles [7,554.3 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 Ephram, 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 from Point A (ie- Ephram) 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 Ephram 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 Ephram. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9090, Longitude: -81.0134 In this case, the coordinates for Ephram have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.031 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.741 degrees. |
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