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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 Pruntytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pruntytown 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 Pruntytown:
- 39.333532, -80.078570
- 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 Pruntytown
- 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Since Pruntytown is near Marion County and also Barbour County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour 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 Pruntytown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pruntytown ...
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.
- Belgium
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Blueville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blueville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueville
- Boothsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boothsville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothsville
- Cecil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Elliotsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elliotsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotsville
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Knottsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maple Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Maple Lake is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Pruntytown 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 Pruntytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pruntytown and extending to:
- Grafton, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the East.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Pruntytown to Charleston, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,595 miles [7,394.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pruntytown) 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 Pruntytown 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 Pruntytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3335, Longitude: -80.0786 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.688 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.55 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.858 degrees. |
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