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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 Spread, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spread 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 Spread:
- 38.495934, -81.070664
- 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 Spread
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Spread is near Roane County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Roane County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Spread
Communities Also Named Spread ...
We found one communities that are also named Spread.
Within West Virginia, the name Spread is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Spread in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Jefferson 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 Spread [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spread ...
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.
- Clay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clay Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clay Junction is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Junction
- Hartland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Ivydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ivydale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivydale
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Kidtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kidtown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidtown
- Little Italy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Italy is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Morocco ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morocco is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco
- Sand Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Two Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Two Run is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Run
- Whetstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Whetstone is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Spread 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 Spread to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Spread and extending to:
- Clay, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Spread to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 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 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,672 miles [7,518.9 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Spread 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spread) 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 Spread 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 Spread. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4959, Longitude: -81.0707 In this case, the coordinates for Spread have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.317 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.142 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.574 degrees. |
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