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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 Sarah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sarah 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 Sarah:
- 38.330323, -82.257785
- 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 Sarah
- 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 Cabell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cabell County
- Since Sarah is near Wayne County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Sarah
Communities Also Named Sarah ...
We found nine communities that are also named Sarah.
Within West Virginia, the name Sarah is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Sumter 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 Georgia community of Sarah [Sumter County].
- Union County
- This Sarah is located in Union County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Sarah that is located in Cabell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Sarah.
- Kansas
- Gove 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 Kansas community of Sarah [Gove County].
- Kentucky
- Elliott County
- This Sarah is located in Elliott County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sarah that is located in Cabell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elliott County community of Sarah.
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Sarah is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Sarah that is located in Cabell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Sarah.
- Mississippi
- Tate County
- This Sarah is located in Tate County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Sarah that is located in Cabell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tate County community of Sarah.
- Tunica 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 Mississippi community of Sarah [Tunica County].
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon 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 Sarah [Huntingdon County].
- Virginia
- Mathews County
- This Sarah is located in Mathews County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<2> to the east of the Sarah that is located in Cabell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mathews County community of Sarah.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sarah ...
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.
- Blue Sulphur
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
- Fudges Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Farms
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Farms is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
- Indian Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Inez
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Inez is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
- Martha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martha is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Pea Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Ridge is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Pleasant View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Portersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairietown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairietown is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Rolling Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Hills is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Salt Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Timberlake is located in Cabell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
How Far From Sarah 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 Sarah to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sarah and extending to:
- Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sarah to Huntington, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 284 miles [457.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,140 miles [9,881.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,855 miles [11,032.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,731 miles [7,613.8 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 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 Sarah 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 '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- Sarah) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sarah 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 Sarah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3303, Longitude: -82.2578 In this case, the coordinates for Sarah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.043 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.945 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.14 degrees. |
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