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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 White, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen White 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 White:
- 37.732412, -81.280489
- 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 White
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Glen White is near Wyoming County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 White
Communities Also Named Glen White ...
We found one communities that are also named Glen White.
Within West Virginia, the name Glen White is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Glen White in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Glen White [Blair County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen White ...
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.
- Affinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Affinity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affinity
- Big Stick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stick
- Cedar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Crab Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Daniel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glen View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen View
- Glen White Junction ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen White Junction is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White Junction
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoohoo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hoohoo is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoohoo
- Jenny Gap ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jenny Gap is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Gap
- Lester
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Maple Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Meadow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meadow
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Slab Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Surveyor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Surveyor is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor
- Trap Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trap Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap Hill
- Winding Gulf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Winding Gulf is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Gulf
How Far From Glen White 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 Glen White 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 White and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 46 miles [74 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Glen White to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 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 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 Glen White 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glen White) 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 White 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 White. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7324, Longitude: -81.2805 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.46 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.192 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.911 degrees. |
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