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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 Spangler Factory, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spangler Factory 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 Spangler Factory:
- 37.743171, -81.192877
- 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 Spangler Factory
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Spangler Factory is near Fayette County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Spangler Factory
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spangler Factory ...
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.
- Affinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Affinity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affinity
- Beaver
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Big Stick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Big Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stick
- Blue Jay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Jay is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Cedar
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cedar is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Clifftop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Coal City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Crab Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Daniels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen View
- Glen White
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glen White is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White
- Johnstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnstown is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Woodpeck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodpeck is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodpeck
How Far From Spangler Factory 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 Spangler Factory to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Spangler Factory once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Spangler Factory and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the North.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Spangler Factory 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 238 miles [383 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 6,122 miles [9,852.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,833 miles [10,996.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,709 miles [7,578.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spangler Factory, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Spangler Factory) 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 Spangler Factory 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 Spangler Factory. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7432, Longitude: -81.1929 In this case, the coordinates for Spangler Factory have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.407 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.133 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.87 degrees. |
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