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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 Lively, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lively 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 Lively:
- 37.940389, -81.257328
- 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 Lively
- 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Since Lively is near Raleigh County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Lively
Communities Also Named Lively ...
We found seven communities that are also named Lively.
Within West Virginia, the name Lively is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Hempstead County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lively [Hempstead County].
- Missouri
- Benton County
- This Lively is located in Benton County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<2> to the west of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Lively.
- Ontario
- This Lively lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the north of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- This Lively is located in Marshall County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Lively.
- Texas
- Baylor County
- This Lively is located in Baylor County and lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<2> to the west of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baylor County community of Lively.
- Kaufman County
- This Lively is located in Kaufman County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km] to the west southwest of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kaufman County community of Lively.
- Virginia
- Lancaster County
- This Lively is located in Lancaster County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the east of the Lively that is located in Fayette County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lively.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lively ...
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.
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Glen Jean
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenstown
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harvey is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
- Hilltop
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Lick Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lick Fork is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Fork
- Long Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Long Branch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Maple Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Fork
- Mount Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Packs Branch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Branch
- Price Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Price Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Prudence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prudence is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence
- Redstar
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Redstar is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstar
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Scarbro
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sun is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Turkey Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Knob
How Far From Lively 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 Lively to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lively and extending to:
- Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lively to Fayetteville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,828 miles [10,988.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,703 miles [7,568.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Lively could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Lively) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Lively 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 Lively. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9404, Longitude: -81.2573 In this case, the coordinates for Lively have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.442 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.203 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.834 degrees. |
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