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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 Odell Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Odell Town 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 Odell Town:
- 38.198462, -80.712821
- 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 Odell Town
- 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 Nicholas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Since Odell Town is near Greenbrier County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier 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 Odell Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Odell Town ...
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.
- Bruce
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Canvas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Canvas is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canvas
- Carl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Deepwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deepwell is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwell
- Donald
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fowler Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowler Knob is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Knob
- Grassy Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grassy Falls is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Falls
- Green Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hominy Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy Falls
- Jetsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jetsville is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetsville
- Marybill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marybill is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marybill
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Odell Town 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 Odell Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Odell Town and extending to:
- Summersville, which is the Seat of Nicholas County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Odell Town to Summersville, with an average speed<2> 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 204 miles [328.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,082 miles [9,788 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,669 miles [7,514 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Odell Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Odell Town 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 Odell Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1985, Longitude: -80.7128 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.109 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.86 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.519 degrees. |
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