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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 Maynor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maynor 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 Maynor:
- 37.865945, -81.267882
- 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 Maynor
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Maynor is near Fayette County and also Kanawha County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha 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 Maynor
Communities Also Named Maynor ...
We found one communities that are also named Maynor.
Within West Virginia, the name Maynor is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Maynor in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Maynor [Blount County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maynor ...
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.
- Clear Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Cranberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cranberry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Dry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Harper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harper Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harper Heights is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Heights
- Lively
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lively is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively
- Long Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Long Branch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Maple Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Fork is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Fork
- Packs Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Packs Branch is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packs Branch
- Price Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Price Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
- Prosperity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Roseville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Roseville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
How Far From Maynor 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 Maynor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Maynor and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Maynor to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,120 miles [9,849.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 miles [10,993.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,707 miles [7,575.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Maynor 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Maynor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Maynor 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 Maynor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8659, Longitude: -81.2679 In this case, the coordinates for Maynor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.45 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.20 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.863 degrees. |
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