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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 Stonecoal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stonecoal 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 Stonecoal:
- 37.880791, -82.417122
- 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 Stonecoal
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Stonecoal is near Martin County and also Mingo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo 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 Stonecoal
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonecoal ...
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.
- Beauty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Castle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Castle is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Greyeagle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Inez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Job
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Job is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job
- Kermit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lovely
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Stepptown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stepptown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepptown
- Upper Tug
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Tug is located in Lawrence County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Tug
How Far From Stonecoal to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stonecoal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stonecoal and extending to:
- Wayne, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Stonecoal to Wayne, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 53 miles [85.3 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,167 miles [9,924.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,881 miles [11,073.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,756 miles [7,654 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stonecoal) 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 Stonecoal 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 Stonecoal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8808, Longitude: -82.4171 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.145 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.996 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.348 degrees. |
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