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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 Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Run 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 Run:
    • 39.428141, -80.297030
    • 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 Run
  • 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 Harrison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
    • Since Long Run is near Marion County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Run

Communities Also Named Long Run ...

We found ten communities that are also named Long Run.

There are two communities within West Virginia that are also named Long Run.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Doddridge County
      • This Long Run is located in Doddridge County and lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Long Run.
    • Ritchie County
      • This Long Run is located in Ritchie County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Long Run.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Long Run is located in Switzerland County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the west of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Long Run.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Long Run is located in Jefferson County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Long Run.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Long Run is located in Jefferson County and lies 59 miles [95 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Long Run.
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Long Run [Licking County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Long Run [Armstrong County].
      • Cambria County
      • This Long Run is located in Cambria County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Long Run.
      • Carbon County
      • This Long Run is located in Carbon County and lies 261 miles [420 km] to the east northeast of the Long Run that is located in Harrison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Long Run.
      • Clarion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Long Run [Clarion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Run ...

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.

  • Allied
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Allied is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allied
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dixie is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Enterprise
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Enterprise is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Four States
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Four States is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four States
  • Francis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Francis is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Gypsy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gypsy is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
  • Helens Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Helens Run is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helens Run
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Highland is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Killarm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Killarm is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killarm
  • Lumberport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lumberport is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Saltwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Saltwell is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltwell
  • Stringtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stringtown is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
  • Wahoo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wahoo is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

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

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

  • Clarksburg, which is the Seat of Harrison County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Run to Clarksburg, with an average speed<4> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 178 miles [286.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,725 miles [10,822.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Long Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Run 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.
<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 Long Run 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 Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4281, Longitude: -80.2970       In this case, the coordinates for Long Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.817 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.712 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.92 degrees.