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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 Harriet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harriet 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 Harriet:
- 38.341772, -80.995658
- 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 Harriet
- 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 Nicholas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Since Harriet is near Clay County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Harriet
Communities Also Named Harriet ...
We found three communities that are also named Harriet.
Within West Virginia, the name Harriet is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- This Harriet is located in Searcy County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the west of the Harriet that is located in Nicholas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Searcy County community of Harriet.
- New York
- Erie 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 New York community of Harriet [Erie County].
- Texas
- Tom Green County
- This Harriet is located in Tom Green County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Harriet that is located in Nicholas County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tom Green County community of Harriet.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harriet ...
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.
- Burl
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Burl is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burl
- Clay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Hookersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hookersville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookersville
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jamestown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Lyonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Morocco ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morocco is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
- Peters Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Peters Junction is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Junction
- Poe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poe is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
- Sand Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sand Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Sparks ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Summersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woods Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woods Ferry is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Ferry
How Far From Harriet 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 Harriet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harriet and extending to:
- Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Harriet to Charleston, with an average speed<4> 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,087 miles [9,796.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harriet) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Harriet 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 Harriet 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 Harriet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3418, Longitude: -80.9957 In this case, the coordinates for Harriet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.276 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.072 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.592 degrees. |
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