Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lindytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lindytown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lindytown
- 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 Lindytown:
- 37.910003, -81.602221
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lindytown
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Lindytown is near Raleigh County and also Logan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- eBird sighting report for Logan 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lindytown ...
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.
- Bald Knob
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Bob White
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob White
- Bob White is located in Boone County
- Elk Run Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Run Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Run Junction
- Elk Run Junction is located in Boone County
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Greenwood is located in Boone County
- Janie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janie
- Janie is located in Boone County
- Former name for Janie:
- Mordue
- Leevale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Marthatown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marthatown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthatown
- Marthatown is located in Boone County
- Packsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packsville
- Packsville is located in Raleigh County
- Rocklick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Sundial
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Twilight
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Twilight is located in Boone County
How Far From Lindytown to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lindytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lindytown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lindytown and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lindytown to Madison, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,844 miles [11,014.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,720 miles [7,596.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lindytown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lindytown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lindytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9100, Longitude: -81.6022 |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lindytown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.651 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.436 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.991 degrees. |