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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 Tacy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tacy 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 Tacy:
- 39.162044, -79.942021
- 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 Tacy
- 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 Barbour County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- Since Tacy is near Taylor County and also Tucker County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tucker 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 Tacy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tacy ...
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.
- Cecil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cecil is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cove Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cove Run is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Run
- Cove Run Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cove Run Station is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Run Station
- Flora ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Flora is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Fox Hall ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Hall is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hall
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Jones
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jones is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Meadowville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Moatsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mount Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Liberty is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pleasure Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasure Valley is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Valley
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Texas ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Texas is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Valley Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Valley Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
How Far From Tacy 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 Tacy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tacy and extending to:
- Philippi, which is the Seat of Barbour County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tacy to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,008 miles [9,668.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,596 miles [7,396.5 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- Tacy) 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 Tacy 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 Tacy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1620, Longitude: -79.9420 In this case, the coordinates for Tacy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.438 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.858 degrees. |
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