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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 Reedy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reedy 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 Reedy:
    • 38.899242, -81.426410
    • 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 Reedy
  • 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 Roane County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
    • Since Reedy is near Wirt County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wirt County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Reedy

Communities Also Named Reedy ...

We found two communities that are also named Reedy.

Within West Virginia, the name Reedy is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Reedy [Armstrong County].
    • Virginia
      • Lunenburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Reedy [Lunenburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Reedy ...

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.

  • Beaverdam
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Beaverdam is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Dukes
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dukes is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
  • Evelyn ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Evelyn is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Grace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Grace is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • LeRoy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • LeRoy is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeRoy
  • Liverpool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Liverpool is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Nancy Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nancy Run is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy Run
  • Peewee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peewee is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
  • Quiet Vale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Quiet Vale is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Vale
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Reedyville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Reedyville is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
    • Sandy Summit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sandy Summit is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Summit
    • Seaman
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Seaman is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaman
    • Sunflower
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sunflower is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
    • Two Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Two Run is located in Wirt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Run
    • Zackville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zackville is located in Wirt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zackville

How Far From Reedy 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 town such as Reedy to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Reedy and extending to:

  • Spencer, which is the Seat of Roane County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Reedy to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,080 miles [9,784.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Reedy 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.
<2>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- Reedy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Reedy 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 Reedy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8992, Longitude: -81.4264       In this case, the coordinates for Reedy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.523 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.437 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.595 degrees.