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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 Fire Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fire Creek 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 Fire Creek:
- 37.958447, -81.028987
- 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 Fire Creek
- 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 Fire Creek 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 Fire Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fire Creek ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Beauty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beauty is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Bowlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bowlin is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlin
- Chestnut Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knob
- Clifftop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Jean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenstown
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hemlock is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Hilltop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hilltop is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Kathryn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kathryn is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathryn
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Layland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Layland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland
- Layland Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Layland Heights is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layland Heights
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Meadow Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Fork is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fork
- Prudence
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prudence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence
- Red Ash ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red Ash is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Redstar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Rocklick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rush Run ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rush Run is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
How Far From Fire Creek 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 Fire Creek 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 Fire Creek once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fire Creek and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Fire Creek to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 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 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 6,106 miles [9,826.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,817 miles [10,970.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,693 miles [7,552.7 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 Fire Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fire Creek) 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 Fire Creek 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 Fire Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9584, Longitude: -81.0290 In this case, the coordinates for Fire Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.048 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.732 degrees. |
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