Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lilly Park:
  • 37.950394, -80.798424
  • 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 Lilly Park

• 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
  • Since Lilly Park is near Fayette County and also Summers 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 Summers 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 Lilly Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lilly Park ...

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.

• Beelick Knob
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beelick Knob is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beelick Knob
• Crag
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crag is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crag
• Dennis
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dennis is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
• Farmdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmdale is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
• Honeydew ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Honeydew is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeydew
• Leslie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Leslie is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
• Maplewood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Maplewood is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
• Maywood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Maywood is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
• Meadow Bridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
• Orient Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Orient Hill is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Hill
• Ravenseye
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ravenseye is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenseye
• Sturgeon Branch ‑ Historic
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sturgeon Branch is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Branch

How Far From Lilly Park 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 Lilly Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lilly Park and extending to:

• Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lilly Park to Lewisburg, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,807 miles [10,954.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'