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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 Kanes Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kanes Creek 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 Kanes Creek:
- 39.508974, -79.752557
- 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 Kanes Creek
- 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Since Kanes Creek is near Monongalia County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Kanes Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kanes Creek ...
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.
- Bull Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bull Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Camp Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Camp Ground is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground
- Cascade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Heathers Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Herring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Herring is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Kingwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Masontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Oriole ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oriole is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Reedsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Kanes Creek 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 Kanes Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kanes Creek and extending to:
- Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Kanes Creek to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,984 miles [9,630.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,699 miles [10,781 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 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- Kanes Creek) 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 Kanes Creek 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 Kanes Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5090, Longitude: -79.7526 In this case, the coordinates for Kanes Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.482 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.343 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.653 degrees. |
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