Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garland and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garland
- 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 Garland:
- 37.400668, -81.784558
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Garland
- 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 McDowell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McDowell County
- Since Garland is near Buchanan County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Buchanan County
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Garland ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Garland.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Garland.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Garland.
- Lumpkin County
- This Garland is located in Lumpkin County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lumpkin County community of Garland.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Manitoba
- This Garland lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Garland is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Garland.
- Harford County
- This Garland is located in Harford County and lies 338 miles [544 km] to the east northeast of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Garland.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Garland lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Garland [Campbell County].
- Knox County
- This Garland is located in Knox County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Garland.
- Tipton County
- This Garland is located in Tipton County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km] to the west southwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Garland.
- Texas
- Bowie County
- This Garland is located in Bowie County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Garland.
- Dallas County
- This Garland is located in Dallas County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km] to the west southwest of the Garland that is located in McDowell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Garland.
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garland ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Apple Grove is located in McDowell County
- Beartown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Big Sandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Big Sandy is located in McDowell County
- Dan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - English
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Erin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Hull
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Johnnycake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnnycake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnnycake
- Johnnycake is located in McDowell County
- Rockridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Sandy Huff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Huff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Huff
- Sandy Huff is located in McDowell County
- Union City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Union City is located in McDowell County
How Far From Garland 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 Garland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Garland and extending to:
- Welch, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Garland to Welch, with an average speed<5> 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 65 miles [104.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,873 miles [11,061 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,749 miles [7,642.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Garland 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. |
| <2> | 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- Garland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4007, Longitude: -81.7846 In this case, the coordinates for Garland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Garland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Garland to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.767 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.494 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.228 degrees. |