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

  • 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 Marie:
    • 37.583732, -80.761468
    • 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 Marie
  • 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 Summers County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summers County
    • Since Marie is near Monroe County and also Greenbrier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Marie

Communities Also Named Marie ...

We found six communities that are also named Marie.

Within West Virginia, the name Marie is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Marie is located in Mississippi County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the west of the Marie that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Marie.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Marie is located in Hillsborough County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the south of the Marie that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Marie.
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower 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 Mississippi community of Marie [Sunflower County].
    • Montana
      • Jefferson 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 Montana community of Marie [Jefferson County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Marie lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marie that is located in Summers County.
    • Texas
      • Runnels County
      • This Marie is located in Runnels County and lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Marie that is located in Summers County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Runnels County community of Marie.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marie ...

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.

  • Assurance
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Assurance is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assurance
  • Buck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Buck is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck
  • Creamery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Creamery is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
  • Crumps Bottom
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Crumps Bottom is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumps Bottom
  • Egypt ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Egypt is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Grahams Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Grahams Ferry is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Ferry
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Mills is located in Summers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mills
  • Wayside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Wayside is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Hinton, which is the Seat of Summers County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marie to Hinton, 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marie) 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 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 Marie 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Marie 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 Marie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5837, Longitude: -80.7615       In this case, the coordinates for Marie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.152 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.818 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.74 degrees.