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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 Penbro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Penbro 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 Penbro:
- 38.651773, -80.284245
- 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 Penbro
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Penbro is near Randolph County and also Upshur County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur 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 Penbro
Curious and Interesting Names Near Penbro ...
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.
- Chemical ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chemical is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemical
- Czar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Czar is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Florence ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Florence is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Guardian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guardian is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guardian
- Hacker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jumbo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jumbo is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Palace Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palace Valley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace Valley
- Pickens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silica is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Zion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zion is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Penbro 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 Penbro 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 Penbro once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Penbro and extending to:
- Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Penbro to Webster Springs, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,044 miles [9,726.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,756 miles [10,872.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,632 miles [7,454.5 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 Penbro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Penbro) 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 Penbro 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 Penbro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6518, Longitude: -80.2842 In this case, the coordinates for Penbro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.837 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.618 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.183 degrees. |
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