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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 Stone Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Branch 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 Stone Branch:
- 37.992877, -82.041796
- 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 Stone Branch
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Stone Branch is near Lincoln County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Stone Branch
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone Branch ...
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.
- Big Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big Creek is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Chapmanville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Daisy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Daisy is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dollie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dollie is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollie
- Fry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Halcyon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Halcyon is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
- Harts
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kitchen
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kitchen is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
- Manila
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Manila is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Pecks Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
- Sunset Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Court is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Court
How Far From Stone Branch to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stone Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stone Branch and extending to:
- Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stone Branch to Logan, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,860 miles [11,040.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,735 miles [7,620.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stone Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Stone Branch 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 Stone Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9929, Longitude: -82.0418 In this case, the coordinates for Stone Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.916 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.751 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.153 degrees. |
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