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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 Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morgans Landing 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 Landing:
- 38.473411, -81.840947
- 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 Landing
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Morgans Landing is near Kanawha County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kanawha County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Landing
Communities Also Named Morgans Landing ...
We found two communities that are also named Morgans Landing.
Within West Virginia, the name Morgans Landing is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Yolo County
- This Morgans Landing is located in Yolo County and lies 2,133 miles [3,432.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Morgans Landing that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yolo County community of Morgans Landing.
- Louisiana
- Orleans Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Morgans Landing [Orleans Parish].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgans Landing ...
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.
- Amandaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Amandaville is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Black Betsey
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Black Betsey is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Betsey
- Cross Lanes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hometown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hometown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Nitro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plymouth is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Raymond City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Raymond City is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond City
- Red House
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Branch is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Branch
- Rolling Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Scary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scary is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scary
- Winter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Winter is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter
How Far From Morgans Landing 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 Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morgans Landing and extending to:
- Winfield, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Morgans Landing to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,116 miles [9,842.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,831 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> | 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- Morgans Landing) 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 Morgans Landing 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 Morgans Landing 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 Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4734, Longitude: -81.8409 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.786 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.674 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.914 degrees. |
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