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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 Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Village 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 Village:
    • 39.484251, -80.166746
    • 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 Village
  • 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Since Garden Village is near Harrison County and also Monongalia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia 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 Village

Communities Also Named Garden Village ...

We found six communities that are also named Garden Village.

Within West Virginia, the name Garden Village is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Garden Village lies 2,186 miles [3,518 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Marion County.
    • California
      • San Mateo 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 California community of Garden Village [San Mateo County].
    • Indiana
      • Elkhart County
      • This Garden Village is located in Elkhart County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elkhart County community of Garden Village.
    • Kentucky
      • Pike County
      • This Garden Village is located in Pike County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Garden Village that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Garden Village.
    • Ontario
      • This Garden Village lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north of the Garden Village that is located in Marion County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Garden Village is located in Rock County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Garden Village that is located in Marion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Garden Village.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Village ...

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.

  • Barrackville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Barrackville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
  • Dakota
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dakota is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
  • Graham Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Graham Heights is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Heights
  • Helens Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Helens Run is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Run
  • Hillcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Hillview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hillview is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Hopewell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hopewell is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Katy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Katy is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
  • Meadowdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Meadowdale is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Montana
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Montana is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana
    • New England
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • New England is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
    • Paw Paw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Paw Paw is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
    • Pettyjohn ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pettyjohn is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettyjohn
    • Shagtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shagtown is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shagtown
    • Wahoo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahoo is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

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

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

  • Fairmont, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the East.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Garden Village to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,003 miles [9,660.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,717 miles [10,810 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Garden Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Garden Village 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 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 Garden Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4843, Longitude: -80.1667       In this case, the coordinates for Garden Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.735 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.627 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.843 degrees.