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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 Terry Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Terry Junction 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 Terry Junction:
- 37.849837, -81.083153
- 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 Terry Junction
- 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 Raleigh County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Raleigh County
- Since Terry Junction is near Fayette County and also Summers County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Summers 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 Terry Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Terry Junction ...
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.
- Alaska ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alaska is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Clifftop
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Export ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Export is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Export
- Grandview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Greenwood ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Lee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Meadow Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Meadow Fork is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Fork
- Mount Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Piney View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Prince
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Royal ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Royal is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Terry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Terry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
- Turkey Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Turkey Knob is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Knob
How Far From Terry Junction 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 Terry Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Terry Junction and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Terry Junction to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,113 miles [9,837.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,699 miles [7,562.3 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 '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- Terry Junction) 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 Terry Junction 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 Terry Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8498, Longitude: -81.0832 In this case, the coordinates for Terry Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.339 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.072 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.79 degrees. |
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