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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 Valley Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valley Point 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 Point:
- 39.580084, -79.636717
- 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 Point
- 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 Preston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Preston County
- Since Valley Point is near Garrett County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Point
Communities Also Named Valley Point ...
We found two communities that are also named Valley Point.
Within West Virginia, the name Valley Point is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Morris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Valley Point [Morris County].
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Valley Point [Huntingdon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Valley Point ...
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.
- Bull Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bull Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
- Cranesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cranesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranesville
- Florence ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Herring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Herring is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Kanes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kanes Creek is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanes Creek
- Kingwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Laurel Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
- Little Sandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Little Sandy is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Masontown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rockville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sugar Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sugar Valley is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
How Far From Valley Point 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 Valley Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Valley Point and extending to:
- Kingwood, which is the Seat of Preston County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Valley Point to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 146 miles [235 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,977 miles [9,619 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,566 miles [7,348.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Valley Point could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Valley Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Point 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 Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5801, Longitude: -79.6367 In this case, the coordinates for Valley Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.27 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.577 degrees. |
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