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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 Montes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montes 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 Montes:
- 38.846221, -79.728394
- 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 Montes
- 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 Randolph County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Since Montes is near Pocahontas County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Montes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montes ...
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.
- Beverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cheat Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cheat Junction is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheat Junction
- Dailey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dailey is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Elk River Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elk River Junction is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River Junction
- Evenwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evenwood is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood
- Flint
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Flint is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Harpertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harpertown is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
- Job
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Job is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Leadsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Lumber ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lumber is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber
- Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Meadows is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Read
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Read is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
How Far From Montes 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 Montes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Montes once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Montes and extending to:
- Elkins, which is the Seat of Randolph County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Montes to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 144 miles [231.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,013 miles [9,677 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,724 miles [10,821.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Montes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Montes) 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 Montes 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 Montes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8462, Longitude: -79.7284 In this case, the coordinates for Montes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.258 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.877 degrees. |
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