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Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance that begins in Summersville. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Summersville) to Point B.
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Summersville. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2843, Longitude: -80.8415 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Summersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).