Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stark, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stark and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stark
- 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 Stark:
- 37.911800, -81.744004
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stark
- 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 Boone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Boone County
- Since Stark is near Logan County and also Raleigh County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Logan County
- eBird sighting report for Raleigh 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stark ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Stark.
Within West Virginia, the name Stark is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Brown County
- This Stark is located in Brown County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Stark that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Stark.
- Chisago County
- This Stark is located in Chisago County and lies 786 miles [1,264.9 km] to the northwest of the Stark that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Stark.
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ohio
- Texas
- Houston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Stark [Houston County].
- Orange County
- This Stark is located in Orange County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<3> to the southwest of the Stark that is located in Boone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Stark.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stark ...
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.
- Bald Knob
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Knob
- Bald Knob is located in Boone County
- Blair
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Bob White
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob White
- Bob White is located in Boone County
- Clothier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clothier
- Clothier is located in Boone County
- Coal Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Valley
- Coal Valley is located in Logan County
- Five Block
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Block have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Block
- Five Block is located in Logan County
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Gordon is located in Boone County
- Kelly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Marthatown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marthatown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthatown
- Marthatown is located in Boone County
- Sodom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Sovereign
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Spruce Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Valley
- Spruce Valley is located in Logan County
- Twilight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twilight
- Twilight is located in Boone County
How Far From Stark 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 Stark to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stark and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Boone County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stark to Madison, with an average speed<5> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,138 miles [9,878.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,850 miles [11,024 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,726 miles [7,605.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stark. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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 Stark 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. |
| <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- Stark) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stark. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9118, Longitude: -81.7440 In this case, the coordinates for Stark have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Stark to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.736 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.534 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.051 degrees. |