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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 Saint Marys, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Marys and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Saint Marys:
    • 39.393799, -81.203117
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Saint Marys
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Saint Marys ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Saint Marys.

Within West Virginia, the name Saint Marys is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 24 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Saint Marys lies 3,613 miles [5,814.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Clear Creek County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clear Creek County community of Saint Marys.
      • Huerfano County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Saint Marys [Huerfano County].
    • Florida
      • Nassau County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Saint Marys [Nassau County].
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Camden County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the south of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Saint Marys.
    • Illinois
      • Effingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Saint Marys [Effingham County].
      • Iroquois County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Saint Marys [Iroquois County].
    • Indiana
      • Floyd County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Floyd County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Saint Marys.
      • Franklin County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Franklin County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the west of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Saint Marys.
      • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Saint Marys [Vigo County].
    • Iowa
      • Warren County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Warren County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Saint Marys.
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Saint Marys.
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Sedgwick County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km] to the west of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Saint Marys.
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis County
      • Although located in Lewis County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Saint Marys.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Saint Clair County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Saint Marys.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Pershing County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pershing County community of Saint Marys.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Saint Marys lies 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Saint Marys.
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Auglaize County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Saint Marys.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Saint Marys.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Saint Marys [Chester County].
      • Elk County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Elk County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the northeast of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Saint Marys.
    • South Dakota
      • Miner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Saint Marys [Miner County].
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Franklin County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Saint Marys.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Lawrence County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the southwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Saint Marys.
    • Texas
      • Refugio County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Refugio County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Refugio County community of Saint Marys.
    • Wisconsin
      • Monroe County
      • This Saint Marys is located in Monroe County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Saint Marys that is located in Pleasants County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Saint Marys.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Marys ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Pleasants County
  • Crisp ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crisp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
    • Crisp is located in Pleasants County
  • Eureka
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Pleasants County
  • Gracey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gracey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
    • Gracey is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Grape Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grape Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Island
    • Grape Island is located in Pleasants County
  • Green Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Run
    • Green Run is located in Pleasants County
  • Maxwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
    • Maxwell is located in Pleasants County
  • Murphy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Murphy is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Pleasants
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasants have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasants
    • Pleasants is located in Pleasants County
  • Raven Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raven Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Rock
    • Raven Rock is located in Pleasants County
  • Schultz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Schultz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultz
    • Schultz is located in Pleasants County
  • Spring Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Run
    • Spring Run is located in Pleasants County
  • Union Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Union Mills is located in Pleasants County

How Far From Saint Marys 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 city such as Saint Marys to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Marys and extending to:

  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Marys to Charleston, with an average speed<6>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,049 miles [9,734.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,766 miles [10,888.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Saint Marys) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Marys. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3938, Longitude: -81.2031       In this case, the coordinates for Saint Marys have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Saint Marys 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.
<3>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 Saint Marys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Saint Marys to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.373 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.339 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.332 degrees.