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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 James Crest Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to James Crest Farms 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 James Crest Farms:
- 37.825669, -81.218991
- 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 James Crest Farms
- 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 James Crest Farms 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 James Crest Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near James Crest Farms ...
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.
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cranberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cranberry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Dry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dry Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Harper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harper Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harper Heights is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Heights
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Maple Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Fork
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Packs Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Packs Branch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Branch
- Piney View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Price Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Price Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
- Prosperity
(Less than 2 miles 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 south)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
How Far From James Crest Farms 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 James Crest Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in James Crest Farms and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the South 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 James Crest Farms 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 238 miles [383 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 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,706 miles [7,573.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- James Crest Farms) 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 James Crest Farms 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 James Crest Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8257, Longitude: -81.2190 In this case, the coordinates for James Crest Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.421 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.162 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.855 degrees. |
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