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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 Harmony Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Grove 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 Harmony Grove:
- 39.607027, -79.990066
- 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 Harmony Grove
- 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Since Harmony Grove is near Marion County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Harmony Grove
Communities Also Named Harmony Grove ...
We found eight communities that are also named Harmony Grove.
Within West Virginia, the name Harmony Grove is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ouachita County
- This Harmony Grove is located in Ouachita County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Harmony Grove.
- California
- San Diego County
- This Harmony Grove is located in San Diego County and lies 2,098 miles [3,376.4 km]<1> to the west of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Harmony Grove.
- Georgia
- Jackson 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 Georgia community of Harmony Grove [Jackson County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- This Harmony Grove is located in Frederick County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Harmony Grove.
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- This Harmony Grove is located in Forsyth County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Harmony Grove.
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- This Harmony Grove is located in York County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Harmony Grove.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- This Harmony Grove is located in Cocke County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Harmony Grove.
- Wisconsin
- Columbia County
- This Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harmony Grove that is located in Monongalia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Harmony Grove.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Grove ...
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.
- Booth
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Booth is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Edna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Evans Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evans Ferry is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Everettville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Everettville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everettville
- Fieldcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldcrest is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
- Flaggy Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flaggy Meadow is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaggy Meadow
- Hog Eye
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Eye is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Eye
- Jerome Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome Park is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Park
- Little Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Little Falls is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Lowsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lowsville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowsville
- National
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- National is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
- Park Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Park Hills is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Price Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Price Hill is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
- Randall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Richard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richard is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard
- Richwood ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richwood is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Rock Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rock Forge is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Forge
- South Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Park is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Star City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Star City is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Tanglewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tanglewood is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
How Far From Harmony Grove to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Harmony Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmony Grove and extending to:
- Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Harmony Grove to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,990 miles [9,640 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,580 miles [7,370.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harmony Grove) 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 Harmony Grove 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 Harmony Grove 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 Harmony Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6070, Longitude: -79.9901 In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.622 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.722 degrees. |
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