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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 Mapledale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapledale 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 Mapledale:
    • 37.835122, -80.257847
    • 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 Mapledale
  • 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
    • Since Mapledale is near Alleghany County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Alleghany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Mapledale

Communities Also Named Mapledale ...

We found seven communities that are also named Mapledale.

Within West Virginia, the name Mapledale is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Brunswick
      • This Mapledale lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Mapledale is located in Oneida County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Mapledale.
      • Ulster County
      • This Mapledale is located in Ulster County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km] to the northeast of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Mapledale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Mapledale is located in Venango County and lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the north of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Mapledale.
    • Quebec
      • This Mapledale lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • This Mapledale is located in Prince William County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mapledale that is located in Greenbrier County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Mapledale.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Mapledale [Sheboygan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapledale ...

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.

  • Anthony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Anthony is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Backbone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Backbone is located in Alleghany County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Backbone
  • Brink ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brink is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
  • Crowfields
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Crowfields is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfields
  • Crows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Crows is located in Alleghany County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows
  • Dickson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dickson is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson
  • Hematite
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hematite is located in Alleghany County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
  • Hopper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hopper is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper
  • Moss Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Moss Run is located in Alleghany County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Run
  • Rolling Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Spring Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Creek is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Sue
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Sue is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue
  • Walnut Hills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Hills is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
  • Woodman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodman is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman

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

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

  • Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mapledale to Lewisburg, 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 82 miles [132 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 189 miles [304.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,079 miles [9,783.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,788 miles [10,924.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,664 miles [7,506 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Mapledale) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mapledale 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 Mapledale 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 Mapledale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8351, Longitude: -80.2578       In this case, the coordinates for Mapledale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.846 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.506 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.447 degrees.