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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 Hardesty, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardesty 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 Hardesty:
    • 39.291491, -79.633393
    • 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 Hardesty
  • 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
    • Since Hardesty is near Tucker County and also Garrett County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett 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 Hardesty

Communities Also Named Hardesty ...

We found six communities that are also named Hardesty.

Within West Virginia, the name Hardesty is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Washington County
      • This Hardesty is located in Washington County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardesty that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hardesty.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Hardesty is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east of the Hardesty that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hardesty.
      • Prince George's County
      • This Hardesty is located in Prince George's County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the east of the Hardesty that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Hardesty.
    • Oklahoma
      • Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Hardesty [Beaver County].
      • Texas County
      • This Hardesty is located in Texas County and lies 1,185 miles [1,907.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hardesty that is located in Preston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Hardesty.
    • Virginia
      • Warren 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 Virginia community of Hardesty [Warren County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardesty ...

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.

  • Amboy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Amboy is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Aurora
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Breedlove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Breedlove is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedlove
  • Erwin
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Erwin is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
  • Horse Shoe Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
  • Kanetown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kanetown is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanetown
  • Lead Mine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lead Mine is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lead Mine
  • Location
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Location is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Location
  • Pleasant Vale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Vale is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Vale
  • Salt Lick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Salt Lick is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick
  • Sell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sell is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
  • Silver Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Silver Lake is located in Preston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake

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

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

  • Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hardesty to Kingwood, with an average speed<4> 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,989 miles [9,638.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,702 miles [10,785.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,577 miles [7,366 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Hardesty) 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 Hardesty 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hardesty 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 Hardesty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2915, Longitude: -79.6334       In this case, the coordinates for Hardesty have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.42 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.239 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.678 degrees.