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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 Fort Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Run 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 Fort Run:
- 39.065433, -78.921453
- 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 Fort Run
- 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 Hardy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- Since Fort Run is near Grant County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 Fort Run
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Run ...
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.
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bass is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Bean Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bean Settlement is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Settlement
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Inkerman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lost City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meadow is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Medley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Tannery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tannery is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Walnut Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
How Far From Fort Run to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fort Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Run and extending to:
- Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Run to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,969 miles [9,606.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,680 miles [10,750.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,556 miles [7,332.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fort Run 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 Fort Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0654, Longitude: -78.9215 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.001 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.452 degrees. |
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