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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 Long Reach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Reach and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Long Reach:
    • 39.484242, -81.092611
    • 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 Long Reach
  • 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
    • Since Long Reach is near Washington County and also Pleasants County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pleasants 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 Long Reach

Communities Also Named Long Reach ...

We found three communities that are also named Long Reach.

Within West Virginia, the name Long Reach is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Long Reach is located in Howard County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the east of the Long Reach that is located in Tyler County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Long Reach.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Long Reach lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Reach that is located in Tyler County.
    • New Jersey
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Long Reach [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Reach ...

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.

  • Algeria ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Algeria is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algeria
  • Beavertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Beavertown is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavertown
  • Bens Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Bens Run is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Run
  • Centerview ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerview is located in Monroe County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
  • Everett
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Everett is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Falls Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Falls Mills is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
  • Friendly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendly is located in Tyler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
  • Glass
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Glass is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Grandview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Grandview is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Little is located in Tyler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
    • Point Lookout
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Point Lookout is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
    • Raven Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
    • Spring Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Run is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
    • Sugar Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Valley is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
    • Wasp
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wasp is located in Pleasants County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasp

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Reach and extending to:

  • Middlebourne, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Long Reach to Middlebourne, with an average speed<3> 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,040 miles [9,720.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,757 miles [10,874.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,633 miles [7,456.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Long Reach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Long Reach 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.
<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 Long Reach 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 Long Reach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4842, Longitude: -81.0926       In this case, the coordinates for Long Reach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.302 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.272 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.252 degrees.