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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 Stover, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stover 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 Stover:
    • 37.814279, -81.353994
    • 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 Stover
  • 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
    • Since Stover is near Wyoming County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Stover

Communities Also Named Stover ...

We found eight communities that are also named Stover.

Within West Virginia, the name Stover is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • This Stover is located in Labette County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the west of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Stover.
    • Mississippi
      • Tallahatchie County
      • This Stover is located in Tallahatchie County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallahatchie County community of Stover.
    • Missouri
      • Morgan County
      • This Stover is located in Morgan County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Stover.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Stover [Blair County].
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Stover is located in Huntingdon County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Stover.
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • This Stover is located in Fairfield County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Stover.
    • South Dakota
      • Davison 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 South Dakota community of Stover [Davison County].
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This Stover is located in Augusta County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stover that is located in Raleigh County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Stover.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stover ...

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.

  • Bolt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolt is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
  • Dry Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
  • Friendly View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Friendly View is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly View
  • Glen Daniel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Glen White
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen White is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White
  • Glen White Junction ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen White Junction is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen White Junction
  • Harper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Harper Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Harper Heights is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Heights
  • Hoohoo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoohoo is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoohoo
  • Jenny Gap ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jenny Gap is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Gap
  • Lester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lester is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
  • Maple Meadow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maple Meadow is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meadow
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Posey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Posey is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
    • Redbird
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Redbird is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird
    • Rock Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Creek is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Surveyor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Surveyor is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor
    • Trap Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Trap Hill is located in Raleigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trap Hill

How Far From Stover 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 Stover to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stover to Beckley, with an average speed<4> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 245 miles [394.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,126 miles [9,858.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,837 miles [11,003.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Stover) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stover 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stover 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 Stover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8143, Longitude: -81.3540       In this case, the coordinates for Stover have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.503 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.253 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.916 degrees.