Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McGuire Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McGuire Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McGuire Park

• 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 McGuire Park:
  • 39.023428, -80.415922
  • 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 McGuire Park

• 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
  • Since McGuire Park is near Upshur County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 McGuire Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near McGuire Park ...

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.

• Berlin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Berlin is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
• Butchersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Butchersville is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchersville
• Deanville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Deanville is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
• Fisher Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fisher Hill is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Hickory Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hickory Hills is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
• Homewood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Homewood is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
• Jane Lew
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jane Lew is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane Lew
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jane Lew <1>
• Quiet Dale
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Quiet Dale is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dale
• Shady Brook
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shady Brook is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
• South Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • South Park is located in Lewis County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in McGuire Park and extending to:

• Weston, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from McGuire Park to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'