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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 Upperglade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upperglade 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 Upperglade:
- 38.409137, -80.506334
- 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 Upperglade
- 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
- Since Upperglade is near Nicholas County and also Braxton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nicholas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Braxton 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 Upperglade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upperglade ...
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.
- Boggs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boggs is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs
- Cherry Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Falls is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Falls
- Craigsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Curtin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Curtin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtin
- Delphi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delphi is located in Nicholas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Dyer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dyer is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Halo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore Crossing is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore Crossing
How Far From Upperglade 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 Upperglade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Upperglade and extending to:
- Webster Springs, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Upperglade to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,064 miles [9,759.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,776 miles [10,904.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,651 miles [7,485.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upperglade) 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 Upperglade 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 Upperglade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4091, Longitude: -80.5063 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.979 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.743 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.36 degrees. |
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