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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 Eunice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eunice 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 Eunice:
- 37.946497, -81.543445
- 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 Eunice
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Eunice is near Boone County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Eunice
Communities Also Named Eunice ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Eunice.
Within West Virginia, the name Eunice is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleveland County
- This Eunice is located in Cleveland County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Eunice.
- Georgia
- Dodge County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Eunice [Dodge County].
- Kansas
- Kingman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eunice [Kingman County].
- Kentucky
- Adair County
- This Eunice is located in Adair County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Eunice.
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- This Eunice is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Eunice.
- Minnesota
- Becker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Eunice [Becker County].
- Mississippi
- Amite County
- This Eunice is located in Amite County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Amite County community of Eunice.
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Eunice is located in Texas County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the west of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Eunice.
- New Mexico
- Lea County
- This Eunice is located in Lea County and lies 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km]<1> to the west of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Eunice.
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Eunice [Susquehanna County].
- Texas
- Leon County
- This Eunice is located in Leon County and lies 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Eunice.
- Swisher County
- This Eunice is located in Swisher County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km] to the west of the Eunice that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swisher County community of Eunice.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eunice ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Bald Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Dorothy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Dry Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Elk Run Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Friendly View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendly View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly View
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Janie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Keith
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keith is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Leevale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Leevale is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leevale
- Milltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Packsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pineknob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pineknob is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineknob
- Sundial
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sundial is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundial
- Twilight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Twilight is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- United
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- United is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United
How Far From Eunice 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 Eunice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eunice and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eunice to Beckley, 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,128 miles [9,862.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,840 miles [11,007.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,716 miles [7,589.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Eunice) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Eunice 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. |
| <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 Eunice 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 Eunice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9465, Longitude: -81.5434 In this case, the coordinates for Eunice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.40 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.954 degrees. |
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