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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 Morgans Glade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morgans Glade 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 Morgans Glade:
- 39.599234, -79.602612
- 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 Morgans Glade
- 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Since Morgans Glade is near Garrett County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Morgans Glade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgans Glade ...
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.
- Blooming Rose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blooming Rose is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Rose
- Bull Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bull Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cranesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cranesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
- Five Forks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Fayette County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Florence ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Herring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Hopewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Kingwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ford is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ford
- Laurel Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
- Little Sandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sand Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Spring is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring
- Sugar Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sugar Valley is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Valley Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Point is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Point
How Far From Morgans Glade 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 Morgans Glade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Morgans Glade and extending to:
- Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Morgans Glade to Kingwood, with an average speed<3> 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 138 miles [222.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 145 miles [233.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,688 miles [10,763.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morgans Glade) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Morgans Glade 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 Morgans Glade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5992, Longitude: -79.6026 In this case, the coordinates for Morgans Glade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.387 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.248 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.555 degrees. |
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