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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 Lightburn Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lightburn Acres 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 Lightburn Acres:
- 39.121759, -80.445647
- 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 Lightburn Acres
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Lightburn Acres is near Harrison County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge 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 Lightburn Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lightburn Acres ...
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.
- Butchersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Butchersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchersville
- Deanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Fisher Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Freemansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Freemansburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg
- Goodhope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Goodhope is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Homeland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Jane Lew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lightburn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lost Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Rider
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rider is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
- Shady Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Brook is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Sheets Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheets Mills is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheets Mills
- South Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Park is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
- Valley Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Lightburn Acres 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 Lightburn Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lightburn Acres and extending to:
- Weston, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Lightburn Acres 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 183 miles [294.5 km] to the east (E). 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 6,030 miles [9,704.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,744 miles [10,853.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,620 miles [7,435.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lightburn Acres) 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 Lightburn Acres 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 Lightburn Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1218, Longitude: -80.4456 In this case, the coordinates for Lightburn Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.919 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.782 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.092 degrees. |
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