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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 Friendly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friendly 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 Friendly:
- 39.516207, -81.058772
- 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 Friendly
- 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
- Since Friendly is near Washington County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Friendly
Communities Also Named Friendly ...
We found three communities that are also named Friendly.
Within West Virginia, the name Friendly is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Prince George's County
- This Friendly is located in Prince George's County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Friendly that is located in Tyler County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Friendly.
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Friendly [Guilford County].
- Texas
- Van Zandt County
- Although located in Van Zandt County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Friendly.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendly ...
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.
- Beavertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beavertown is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
- Bens Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bens Run is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Run
- Centerview ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Centerview is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Everett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Everett is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Falls Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Fly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Ferry is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Ferry
- Glass
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glass is located in Washington County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Grandview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Little
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
- Long Reach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Reach is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Reach
- Point Lookout
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Sistersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Monroe County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Wasp
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wasp is located in Pleasants County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp
How Far From Friendly 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 town such as Friendly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Friendly and extending to:
- Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies just to the East.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Friendly to Charleston, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,038 miles [9,717.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,755 miles [10,871.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,630 miles [7,451.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Friendly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Friendly 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Friendly 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 Friendly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5162, Longitude: -81.0588 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.28 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.252 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.226 degrees. |
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