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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 Glen Dale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Dale 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 Glen Dale:
- 39.946656, -80.756297
- 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 Glen Dale
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Glen Dale is near Belmont County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Belmont County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Glen Dale
Communities Also Named Glen Dale ...
We found three communities that are also named Glen Dale.
Within West Virginia, the name Glen Dale is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Glen Dale [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
- Maryland
- Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Glen Dale [Prince George's County].
- Missouri
- Reynolds County
- Although located in Reynolds County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Glen Dale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Dale ...
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.
- Anvil
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anvil is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil
- Businessburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Businessburg is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Businessburg
- Echo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Echo is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Grave Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Grave Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grave Creek
- Jacobsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jacobsburg is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsburg
- Key
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Key is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Limestone is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Moundsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mozart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mozart is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart
- Mozart Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mozart Meadows is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozart Meadows
- Riverview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Shadyside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
How Far From Glen Dale 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 city such as Glen Dale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Glen Dale and extending to:
- Moundsville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Dale to Charleston, with an average speed<4>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 211 miles [339.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Glen Dale 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Glen Dale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Glen Dale 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 Glen Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9467, Longitude: -80.7563 In this case, the coordinates for Glen Dale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.078 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.086 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.943 degrees. |
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