Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Flower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flower and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Flower

• 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 Flower:
  • 38.831483, -80.773156
  • 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 Flower

• 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 Braxton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton County
  • Since Flower is near Gilmer County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Flower

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flower ...

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.

• Bower
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bower is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bower
• Cedarville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
• Copen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Copen is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copen
• Cutlips
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cutlips is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutlips
• Dusk
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Dusk is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusk
• Exchange
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Exchange is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exchange <1>
• Gem
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gem is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
• German ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • German is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German
• Hope ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope is located in Braxton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
• Let ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Let is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Let
• Sand Fork
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
• Stouts Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flower and extending to:

• Sutton, which is the Seat of Braxton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flower to Sutton, with an average speed<3> 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,770 miles [10,895.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'