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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 Sunset Court, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Court and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Sunset Court:
    • 37.960656, -82.021795
    • 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 Sunset Court
  • 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 Sunset Court is near Boone County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Sunset Court

Communities Also Named Sunset Court ...

We found one communities that are also named Sunset Court.

Within West Virginia, the name Sunset Court is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Sunset Court in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Sunset Court is located in Cook County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunset Court that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Sunset Court.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Court ...

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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] 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 north)
  • Crooked Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Daisy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Daisy is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Fry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
  • Halcyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Halcyon is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon
  • Kitchen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Kitchen is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchen
  • Manila
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Manila is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
  • Pecks Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecks Mill is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Mill
  • Stone Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Branch is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Branch

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

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

  • Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies just to the South.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Court to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,147 miles [9,892.6 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 4,736 miles [7,621.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Sunset Court) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Sunset Court 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 Sunset Court. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9607, Longitude: -82.0218       In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Court have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.904 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.733 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.154 degrees.