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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 Tygart Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tygart 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 Tygart Junction:
- 39.098201, -80.075064
- 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 Tygart 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 Barbour County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- Since Tygart Junction is near Upshur County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Tygart Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tygart 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.
- Boulder
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boulder is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
- Century Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Century Junction is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Century Junction
- Elk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Independence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Independence is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Jones
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Longview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Mount Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Liberty is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Murphy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Swamp Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Union
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Tygart Junction 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 Tygart Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tygart Junction and extending to:
- Philippi, which is the Seat of Barbour County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Tygart Junction to Charleston, with an average speed<2>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,016 miles [9,681.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,729 miles [10,829.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tygart Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Tygart 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 Tygart Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0982, Longitude: -80.0751 In this case, the coordinates for Tygart Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.695 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.939 degrees. |
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