Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flora and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flora
- 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 Flora:
- 39.070658, -79.921185
- 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 Flora
- 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 Barbour County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- Since Flora is near Randolph County and also Upshur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Upshur 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Flora ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Flora.
Within West Virginia, the name Flora is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- This Flora is located in Carroll County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Flora that is located in Barbour County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Flora.
- Miami County
- This Flora is located in Miami County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the west northwest of the Flora that is located in Barbour County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Flora.
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Flora is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Flora that is located in Barbour County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Flora.
- Hopkins County
- This Flora is located in Hopkins County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km] to the west southwest of the Flora that is located in Barbour County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Flora.
- Smith County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Flora.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flora ...
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.
- Gage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Barbour County
- Jones
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Junior
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Meadowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Meadowville is located in Barbour County
- Mount Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Mount Liberty is located in Barbour County
- Pleasure Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasure Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
- Pleasure Valley is located in Barbour County
- Stringtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Barbour County
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Valley Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Bend
- Valley Bend is located in Barbour County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Bend <5>
- Weaver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Weaver is located in Randolph County
How Far From Flora 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 Flora 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 community of Flora once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Flora and extending to:
- Philippi, which is the Seat of Barbour County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Flora to Charleston, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 155 miles [249.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,011 miles [9,673.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 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 Flora 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0707, Longitude: -79.9212 In this case, the coordinates for Flora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Flora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Flora to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.603 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.414 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.881 degrees. |