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 Shrewsbury:
38.206214, -81.471505
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 Shrewsbury
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 Kanawha County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Shrewsbury.
Within West Virginia, the name Shrewsbury is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Grayson County
This Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Shrewsbury.
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
This Shrewsbury is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Shrewsbury.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Shrewsbury is located in Worcester County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Shrewsbury.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Shrewsbury is located in Saint Louis County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Shrewsbury.
New Jersey
Monmouth County
This Shrewsbury is located in Monmouth County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Shrewsbury.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Shrewsbury.
Ontario
This Shrewsbury lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the north of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
Pennsylvania
York County
This Shrewsbury is located in York County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Shrewsbury.
Quebec
This Shrewsbury lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
Vermont
Rutland County
This Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Shrewsbury that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Shrewsbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shrewsbury ...
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.
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 Shrewsbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shrewsbury and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shrewsbury to Charleston, 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,702 miles [7,567.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shrewsbury) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Shrewsbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Shrewsbury 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 Shrewsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2062, Longitude: -81.4715 In this case, the coordinates for Shrewsbury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.567 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.384 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.84 degrees.