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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 Garden Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Farms and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Garden Farms:
    • 38.390362, -82.380429
    • 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 Garden Farms
  • 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 Garden Farms is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Garden Farms

Communities Also Named Garden Farms ...

We found two communities that are also named Garden Farms.

Within West Virginia, the name Garden Farms is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Garden Farms is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the west of the Garden Farms that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Garden Farms.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Garden Farms is located in Hamilton County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Garden Farms that is located in Cabell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Garden Farms.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Farms ...

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.

  • Chancellor Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chancellor Hills is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Hills
  • Crescent Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent Lake is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Lake
  • Fair Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Place is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
  • Harveytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Harveytown is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Hillview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hillview is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Home Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Home Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
  • Lock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
  • Martha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Martha is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
  • Park Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Park Hills is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Pea Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Riverview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverview is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Rockwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockwood is located in Lawrence County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Timberlake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Timberlake is located in Cabell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garden Farms and extending to:

  • Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Garden Farms 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 290 miles [466.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,142 miles [9,884.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,858 miles [11,036.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,733 miles [7,617 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 from Point A (ie- Garden Farms) 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 Garden Farms 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 Garden Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3904, Longitude: -82.3804       In this case, the coordinates for Garden Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.117 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.039 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.175 degrees.