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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 Harper Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harper Heights 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 Harper Heights:
- 37.803169, -81.244825
- 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 Harper Heights
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Harper Heights is near Fayette County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Harper Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harper Heights ...
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.
- Cedar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Crab Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cranberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Dry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dry Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Glen Daniel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glen View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen View
- Glen White
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen White is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White
- Glen White Junction ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen White Junction is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White Junction
- Harper
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hoohoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hoohoo is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoohoo
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Maple Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Fork
- Prosperity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Surveyor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Surveyor is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor
- Trap Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trap Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap Hill
How Far From Harper Heights 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 Harper Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harper Heights and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Harper Heights to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,708 miles [7,576.8 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 '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- Harper Heights) 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 Harper Heights 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 Harper Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8032, Longitude: -81.2448 In this case, the coordinates for Harper Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.437 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.177 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.873 degrees. |
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