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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 Fudges Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fudges Creek 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 Fudges Creek:
- 38.407830, -82.207520
- 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 Fudges Creek
- 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 Cabell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
- Since Fudges Creek is near Lincoln County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Fudges Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fudges Creek ...
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.
- Blue Sulphur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
- Fair Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fair Place is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
- Indian Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Inez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Inez is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Lock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Martha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Martha is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Pea Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Portersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prairietown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prairietown is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riverview is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Salt Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sarah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Timberlake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Timberlake is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
How Far From Fudges Creek 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 Fudges Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fudges Creek and extending to:
- Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fudges Creek to Huntington, 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,134 miles [9,871.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,725 miles [7,604.2 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fudges Creek) 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 Fudges Creek 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 Fudges Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4078, Longitude: -82.2075 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.011 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.921 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.094 degrees. |
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