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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 Kanawha Drive, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kanawha Drive 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 Kanawha Drive:
- 38.953700, -80.899550
- 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 Kanawha Drive
- 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 Gilmer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Since Kanawha Drive is near Calhoun County and also Ritchie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ritchie 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 Kanawha Drive
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kanawha Drive ...
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.
- Alice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Burnt House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt House
- Cedarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Five Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Five Forks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hardman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hardman is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Henrietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Henrietta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Index ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Index is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Let ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Let is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Let
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Normantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Racket
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Racket is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racket
- Sand Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Stumptown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Tanner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner
How Far From Kanawha Drive 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 Kanawha Drive to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kanawha Drive and extending to:
- Glenville, which is the Seat of Gilmer County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Kanawha Drive to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 207 miles [333.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,056 miles [9,746.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,646 miles [7,477 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kanawha Drive) 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 Kanawha Drive 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 Kanawha Drive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9537, Longitude: -80.8996 In this case, the coordinates for Kanawha Drive have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.201 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.077 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.347 degrees. |
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