Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lizemores:
  • 38.333993, -81.175110
  • 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 Lizemores

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Lizemores is near Nicholas County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas 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 Lizemores

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lizemores ...

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.

• Dixie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dixie is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Glen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Glen is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
• Hartland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartland is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
• Independence
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Independence is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
• Jodie
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jodie is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jodie
• Lyonsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
• Morocco ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Morocco is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
• Pond Fork
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pond Fork is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Fork
• Pond Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pond Gap is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
• Spangler
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Spangler is located in Kanawha County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
• Swiss
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Swiss is located in Nicholas County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss

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

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

• Clay, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lizemores to Clay, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four 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 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 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>'