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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 Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guyan Terrace 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 Guyan Terrace:
    • 37.916491, -81.973736
    • 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 Terrace
  • 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Since Guyan Terrace is near Boone County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Terrace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Guyan Terrace ...

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.

  • Black Bottom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Black Bottom is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bottom
  • Chapmanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crooked Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Ethel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ethel is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Freeze Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeze Fork is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze Fork
  • Hedgeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hedgeview is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
  • Kitchen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kitchen is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
  • Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lake is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
  • Manila
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Manila is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
  • Monitor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Monitor is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
  • Peach Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Peach Creek is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
  • Pecks Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Red Campbell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Campbell is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Campbell
    • Ridgeview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ridgeview is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Shamrock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shamrock is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Sunbeam
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sunbeam is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
    • Sunset Court
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset Court is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
    • Wanda
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wanda is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Guyan Terrace and extending to:

  • Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Guyan Terrace to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 275 miles [442.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,147 miles [9,892.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Guyan Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Guyan Terrace 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 Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9165, Longitude: -81.9737       In this case, the coordinates for Guyan Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.875 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.694 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.147 degrees.