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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 Star City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Star City 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 Star City:
    • 39.658799, -79.986807
    • 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 Star City
  • 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 Monongalia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monongalia County
    • Since Star City is near Greene County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Star City

Communities Also Named Star City ...

We found nine communities that are also named Star City.

Within West Virginia, the name Star City is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Star City is located in Lincoln County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Star City.
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Star City.
    • Illinois
      • Calhoun County
      • This Star City is located in Calhoun County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Star City.
    • Indiana
      • Pulaski County
      • This Star City is located in Pulaski County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Star City.
    • Kansas
      • Seward County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Star City [Seward County].
    • Michigan
      • Missaukee County
      • This Star City is located in Missaukee County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missaukee County community of Star City.
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Star City is located in Barry County and lies 775 miles [1,247.2 km]<1> to the west of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Star City.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Star City [Pershing County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Star City lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Star City that is located in Monongalia County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Star City ...

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.

  • Booth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Booth is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Evans Ferry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evans Ferry is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
  • Fieldcrest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fieldcrest is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
  • Harmony Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harmony Grove is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
  • Hoard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoard is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
  • Jerome Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome Park is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Park
  • Maidsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Maidsville is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidsville
  • Park Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Park Hills is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
  • Price Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Price Hill is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Hill
  • Randall
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Randall is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
  • Rosedale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosedale is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • South Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • South Park is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
  • Sunnyside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Tanglewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Tanglewood is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

How Far From Star City 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 town such as Star City to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morgantown, which is the Seat of Monongalia County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Star City to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,987 miles [9,635.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,703 miles [10,787.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,578 miles [7,367.6 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- Star City) 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 Star City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Star City 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.
<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 Star City 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 Star City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6588, Longitude: -79.9868       In this case, the coordinates for Star City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.618 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.52 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.702 degrees.