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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 Ury, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ury 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 Ury:
- 37.654233, -81.315288
- 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 Ury
- 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 Ury is near Wyoming County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Ury
Communities Also Named Ury ...
We found one communities that are also named Ury.
Within West Virginia, the name Ury is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Ury in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Ury is located in Bryan County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west of the Ury that is located in Raleigh County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Ury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ury ...
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.
- Amigo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Amigo is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amigo
- Big Stick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Stick is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stick
- Coal City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coal City is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Glen White
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Helen
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jenny Gap ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jenny Gap is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Gap
- Josephine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Josephine is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephine
- Lego
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lego is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lego
- Lester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lester is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lillybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lillybrook is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillybrook
- Mead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mead is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
- Princewick
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slab Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stonecoal Junction is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Junction
- Winding Gulf
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Winding Gulf is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Gulf
How Far From Ury 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 Ury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ury and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ury to Beckley, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,131 miles [9,866.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,842 miles [11,011.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,718 miles [7,592.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ury) 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 Ury 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 Ury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6542, Longitude: -81.3153 In this case, the coordinates for Ury have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.482 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.206 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.95 degrees. |
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