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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 Glengary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glengary 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 Glengary:
    • 39.383988, -78.155558
    • 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 Glengary
  • 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 Berkeley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
    • Since Glengary is near Frederick County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Glengary

Communities Also Named Glengary ...

We found five communities that are also named Glengary.

Within West Virginia, the name Glengary is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Bonner County
      • This Glengary is located in Bonner County and lies 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glengary that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Glengary.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Glengary [Jefferson County].
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Glengary is located in Oakland County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glengary that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Glengary.
      • Wexford County
      • This Glengary is located in Wexford County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the northwest of the Glengary that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Glengary.
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • This Glengary is located in Douglas County and lies 2,332 miles [3,753 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glengary that is located in Berkeley County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Glengary.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glengary ...

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.

  • Baileys Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Baileys Ford is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Ford
  • Cedar Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Goose Nest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Goose Nest is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Nest
  • Gordondale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordondale is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordondale
  • Green Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Green Spring is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Light ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Light is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
  • Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rest is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest
  • Shanghai
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Shanghai is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
  • Tablers Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Tablers Station is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tablers Station
  • Union Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Union Corner is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner

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

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

  • Martinsburg, which is the Seat of Berkeley County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Glengary to Martinsburg, with an average speed<3> 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 199 miles [320.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,924 miles [9,533.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,633 miles [10,674.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,509 miles [7,256.5 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 from Point A (ie- Glengary) 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 Glengary 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 Glengary 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 Glengary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3840, Longitude: -78.1556       In this case, the coordinates for Glengary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.525 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.236 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.005 degrees.