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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 Neola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Neola 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 Neola:
- 37.965685, -80.129980
- 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 Neola
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Neola is near Pocahontas County and also Bath 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 Bath 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 Neola
Communities Also Named Neola ...
We found six communities that are also named Neola.
Within West Virginia, the name Neola is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie County
- This Neola is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 855 miles [1,376 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Neola that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Neola.
- Kansas
- Labette County
- 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 Kansas community of Neola [Labette County].
- Stafford County
- This Neola is located in Stafford County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Neola.
- Missouri
- Dade County
- This Neola is located in Dade County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west of the Neola that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Neola.
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- This Neola is located in Monroe County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Neola that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Neola.
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- This Neola is located in Duchesne County and lies 1,601 miles [2,576.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Neola that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Neola.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Neola ...
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.
- Beard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beard is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard
- Burr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burr is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Droop Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Droop Mountain is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Droop Mountain
- Falling Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Falling Spring is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Golden is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Ford is located in Alleghany County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Ford
- Julia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Julia is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
- Locust
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Locust is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Mill Run ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Run is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Run
- Sue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sue is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue
- Trainer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Trainer is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trainer
- Woodman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodman is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
How Far From Neola 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 Neola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Neola and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Neola to Lewisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 6,068 miles [9,765.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,777 miles [10,906.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,653 miles [7,488.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Neola) 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 Neola 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 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 Neola 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 Neola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9657, Longitude: -80.1300 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.434 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.35 degrees. |
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