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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 Henning, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Henning 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 Henning:
    • 37.896232, -80.359796
    • 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 Henning
  • 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
    • Since Henning is near Alleghany County and also Pocahontas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas 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 Henning

Communities Also Named Henning ...

We found five communities that are also named Henning.

Within West Virginia, the name Henning is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Henning is located in Vermilion County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Henning that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Henning.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon 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 Kansas community of Henning [Bourbon County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • This Henning is located in Otter Tail County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Henning that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Henning.
    • Tennessee
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Henning is located in Lauderdale County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Henning that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Henning.
    • Texas
      • Nacogdoches 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 Texas community of Henning [Nacogdoches County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Henning ...

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.

  • Anthony
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Anthony is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Brink ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Brink is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Crowfields
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Crowfields is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfields
  • Falling Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Hopper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hopper is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
  • Mapledale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mapledale is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
  • Rolling Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Spring Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Creek is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Walnut Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
  • Woodman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodman is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman

How Far From Henning to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Henning to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Henning to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 192 miles [309 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,790 miles [10,927.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,666 miles [7,509.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Henning) 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 Henning 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 Henning 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 Henning. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8962, Longitude: -80.3598       In this case, the coordinates for Henning have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.905 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.583 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.469 degrees.