Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Garten, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garten and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Garten

• 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 Garten:
  • 38.034581, -81.076950
  • 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 Garten

• 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Since Garten is near Nicholas County and also Raleigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh 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 Garten

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garten ...

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.

• Beauty
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Beauty is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
• Bowlin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowlin is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlin
• Carver ‑ Historic
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Carver is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
• Edmond
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Edmond is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
• Fire Creek ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fire Creek is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fire Creek
• Michigan ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Michigan is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan
• Red Ash ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Ash is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
• Rocklick
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rocklick is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
• Rosedale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosedale is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
• Rush Run ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rush Run is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rush Run
  • From Garten to Rush Run
• Spy Rock
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Spy Rock is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spy Rock
• Sunnyside ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunnyside is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Garten and extending to:

• Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Garten 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 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,816 miles [10,969.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,692 miles [7,551 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'