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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 Tannery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tannery 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 Tannery:
- 39.051497, -78.957250
- 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 Tannery
- 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 Hardy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardy County
- Since Tannery is near Grant County and also Hampshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hampshire 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 Tannery
Communities Also Named Tannery ...
We found ten communities that are also named Tannery.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Tannery.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Preston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Tannery [Preston County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Lewis County
- This Tannery is located in Lewis County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the west of the Tannery that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Tannery.
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Tannery [Allegany County].
- Carroll County
- This Tannery is located in Carroll County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tannery that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Tannery.
- Ontario
- This Tannery lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Tannery that is located in Hardy County.
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Carbon County].
- Indiana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Indiana County].
- Luzerne County
- This Tannery is located in Luzerne County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tannery that is located in Hardy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Tannery.
- Potter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tannery [Potter County].
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Tannery [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tannery ...
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.
- Arthur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Bass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bass is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Bean Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bean Settlement is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Settlement
- Fisher
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fort Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Lost City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Medley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Needmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Needmore is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Town Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Town Hill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
- Walnut Bottom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Bottom is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bottom
How Far From Tannery 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 Tannery to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tannery and extending to:
- Moorefield, which is the Seat of Hardy County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tannery to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,682 miles [10,753.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Tannery 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Tannery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Tannery 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 Tannery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0515, Longitude: -78.9573 In this case, the coordinates for Tannery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.023 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.751 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.472 degrees. |
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