|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Valley Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Chapel 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 Valley Chapel:
- 39.109842, -80.494504
- 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 Valley Chapel
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Valley Chapel is near Harrison County and also Doddridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Doddridge 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 Valley Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Chapel ...
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.
- Butchersville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Butchersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchersville
- Churchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Churchville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
- Deanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Deanville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Fisher Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fisher Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Hill
- Freemansburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freemansburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemansburg
- Goodhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodhope is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodhope
- Hickory Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Homeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Homeland is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
- Jane Lew
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lightburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pricetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pricetown is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown
- Shady Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shady Brook is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- South Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Park is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
How Far From Valley Chapel 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 Valley Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Valley Chapel and extending to:
- Weston, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Chapel to Charleston, with an average speed<3>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 186 miles [299.3 km] to the east (E). Driving 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 6,033 miles [9,709.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,747 miles [10,858.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,622 miles [7,438.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Valley Chapel) 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 Valley Chapel 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 Valley Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1098, Longitude: -80.4945 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.949 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.814 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.117 degrees. |
|
|