Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Kline Gap, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kline Gap and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Kline Gap

• 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 Kline Gap:
  • 39.072331, -79.192538
  • 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 Kline Gap

• 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
  • Since Kline Gap is near Hardy County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Kline Gap

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kline Gap ...

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.

• Arthur
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Arthur is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
• Cabins
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Cabins is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabins
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cabins <1>
• Falls
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Falls is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls
• Greenland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Greenland is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
• Hopeville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hopeville is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
• Jordan Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jordan Run is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Run
• Maysville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maysville is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
• Town Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Town Hill is located in Grant County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
• Walnut Bottom
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom

How Far From Kline Gap 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 Kline Gap to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kline Gap and extending to:

• Petersburg, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Kline Gap 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 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 116 miles [186.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,980 miles [9,623.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,567 miles [7,349.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'