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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 Farmdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmdale 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 Farmdale:
    • 37.904840, -80.710920
    • 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 Farmdale
  • 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 Farmdale is near Fayette County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Farmdale

Communities Also Named Farmdale ...

We found ten communities that are also named Farmdale.

Within West Virginia, the name Farmdale is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Farmdale is located in Bay County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Farmdale.
      • Calhoun 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 Florida community of Farmdale [Calhoun County].
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Farmdale [Coweta County].
      • Screven County
      • This Farmdale is located in Screven County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the south of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Farmdale.
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • This Farmdale is located in Tazewell County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Farmdale.
    • Kentucky
      • Franklin County
      • This Farmdale is located in Franklin County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the west of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Farmdale.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim 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 Michigan community of Farmdale [Antrim County].
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Farmdale is located in Trumbull County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the north of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Farmdale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Farmdale is located in Lancaster County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Farmdale.
    • South Carolina
      • Dorchester County
      • This Farmdale is located in Dorchester County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the south of the Farmdale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Farmdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmdale ...

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.

  • Blue Sulphur Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur Springs
  • Crag
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Crag is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crag
  • Dennis
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dennis is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Elton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elton is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Grassy Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grassy Meadows is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Meadows
  • Hickory Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Lawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lawn is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn
  • Lilly Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lilly Park is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly Park
  • Maywood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Maywood is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Meadow Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Bluff is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bluff
  • Rock Cliff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Cliff is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cliff
  • Sturgeon Branch ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sturgeon Branch is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Branch

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

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

  • Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Farmdale to Lewisburg, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 210 miles [338 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,805 miles [10,951.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,681 miles [7,533.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Farmdale) 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 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 Farmdale 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>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 Farmdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Farmdale 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 Farmdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9048, Longitude: -80.7109       In this case, the coordinates for Farmdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.115 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.823 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.615 degrees.