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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 Sunlight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunlight 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 Sunlight:
- 37.987242, -80.461500
- 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 Sunlight
- 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 Greenbrier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greenbrier County
- Since Sunlight is near Pocahontas County and also Nicholas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pocahontas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas 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 Sunlight
Communities Also Named Sunlight ...
We found five communities that are also named Sunlight.
Within West Virginia, the name Sunlight is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- This Sunlight is located in Walker County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunlight that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Sunlight.
- Georgia
- Stewart County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sunlight [Stewart County].
- Missouri
- Washington County
- This Sunlight is located in Washington County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the west of the Sunlight that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sunlight.
- Montana
- Jefferson County
- This Sunlight is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,697 miles [2,731.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunlight that is located in Greenbrier County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sunlight.
- Virginia
- Spotsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sunlight [Spotsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunlight ...
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.
- Anthony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornstalk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cornstalk is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornstalk
- Duo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duo is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
- Falling Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Friars Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Friars Hill is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Hill
- Golden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Golden is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Julia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Julia is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julia
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leonard is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Oscar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Cliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Cliff is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cliff
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trout is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
- Woodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodman is located in Greenbrier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
How Far From Sunlight 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 Sunlight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunlight and extending to:
- Lewisburg, which is the Seat of Greenbrier County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Sunlight to Lewisburg, with an average speed<4> 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,791 miles [10,929.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,667 miles [7,510.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunlight) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Sunlight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Sunlight 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. |
| <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 Sunlight 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 Sunlight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9872, Longitude: -80.4615 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.963 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.663 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.482 degrees. |
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