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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 Freeze Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freeze Fork 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 Freeze Fork:
- 37.861216, -81.902344
- 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 Freeze Fork
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Freeze Fork is near Boone County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Freeze Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Freeze Fork ...
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.
- Argyle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Black Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Bottom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
- Blair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blair is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Chambers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Crooked Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crooked Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Dog Patch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dog Patch is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Patch
- Ethel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ethel is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Five Block
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Five Block is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Block
- Kelly
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kelly is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Monitor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Monitor is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Peach Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Red Campbell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Red Campbell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Campbell
- Rum Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rum Junction is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rum Junction
- Sodom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sodom is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
- Sovereign
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sovereign is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sovereign
- Spruce Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spruce Valley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Valley
- Sunbeam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbeam is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
- Wanda
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wanda is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
How Far From Freeze Fork 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 Freeze Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Freeze Fork and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Freeze Fork to Charleston, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 272 miles [437.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Freeze Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Freeze Fork 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 Freeze Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8612, Longitude: -81.9023 In this case, the coordinates for Freeze Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.833 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.637 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.134 degrees. |
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