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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 Marianna, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marianna 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 Marianna:
    • 37.600390, -81.611220
    • 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 Marianna
  • 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
    • Since Marianna is near McDowell County and also Mingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McDowell County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo 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 Marianna

Communities Also Named Marianna ...

We found six communities that are also named Marianna.

Within West Virginia, the name Marianna is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Marianna is located in Lee County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marianna that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Marianna.
    • Florida
      • Jackson County
      • This Marianna is located in Jackson County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Marianna that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Marianna.
    • Georgia
      • Camden 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 Georgia community of Marianna [Camden County].
    • Mississippi
      • Marshall County
      • This Marianna is located in Marshall County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marianna that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marianna.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Marianna is located in Washington County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Marianna that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Marianna.
    • Texas
      • Polk 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 Texas community of Marianna [Polk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marianna ...

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.

  • Edith
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Edith is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
  • Fanny
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fanny is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanny
  • Fanrock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fanrock is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanrock
  • Glover
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Glover is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
  • Hatcher
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hatcher is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
  • Jesse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jesse is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
  • Keyrock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Keyrock is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyrock
  • Lillydale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lillydale is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillydale
  • Lillyhaven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lillyhaven is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillyhaven
  • Rock View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Rock View is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock View
  • Sun Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sun Hill is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Hill
  • Turkey
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Turkey is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
  • Wyoming
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Wyoming is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

How Far From Marianna to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Marianna to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Pineville, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Marianna to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,857 miles [11,035.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,733 miles [7,617 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marianna) 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 Marianna, 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 Marianna 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 Marianna 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 Marianna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6004, Longitude: -81.6112       In this case, the coordinates for Marianna have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.661 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.402 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.092 degrees.