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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 Russet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Russet 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 Russet:
- 38.871958, -81.056564
- 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 Russet
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Russet is near Gilmer County and also Roane County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilmer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane 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 Russet
Communities Also Named Russet ...
We found one communities that are also named Russet.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Russet.
Beyond West Virginia.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Hardy 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 West Virginia community of Russet [Hardy County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Russet ...
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.
- Adam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adam is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
- Big Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Big Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Five Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Grantsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardman is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Henrietta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Henrietta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Index ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Index is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Joker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Joker is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joker
- Millstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Normantown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Purdy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Sand Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Stumptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Russet 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 Russet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Russet and extending to:
- Grantsville, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Russet to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,066 miles [9,762.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,781 miles [10,913 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,656 miles [7,493.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Russet 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Russet) 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 Russet 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 Russet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8720, Longitude: -81.0566 In this case, the coordinates for Russet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.299 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.177 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.443 degrees. |
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