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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 Guyan Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guyan Estates 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 Guyan Estates:
- 38.401752, -82.317649
- 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 Guyan Estates
- 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 Cabell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
- Since Guyan Estates is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Guyan Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guyan Estates ...
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.
- Blue Sulphur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
- Fair Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fair Place is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
- Garden Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Garden Farms is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Hillview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillview is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Home Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Home Park is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Park
- Indian Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Lock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lock is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Martha
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martha is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Pea Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Riverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Timberlake
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
How Far From Guyan Estates to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Guyan Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Guyan Estates and extending to:
- Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Guyan Estates 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 286 miles [460.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,139 miles [9,879.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,730 miles [7,612.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Guyan Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Guyan Estates 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 Guyan Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4018, Longitude: -82.3176 In this case, the coordinates for Guyan Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.078 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.997 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.144 degrees. |
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