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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 Whorley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whorley 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 Whorley:
- 37.773726, -81.149543
- 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 Whorley
- 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 Whorley is near Fayette County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Whorley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whorley ...
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.
- Affinity
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Affinity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Affinity
- Beaver
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blue Jay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blue Jay is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Jay
- Cedar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
- Clifftop
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clifftop is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifftop
- Crab Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cranberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Crow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crow is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Daniels
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Hill is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Grandview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Harper Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harper Heights is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Heights
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Johnstown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Johnstown is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Piney View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Piney View is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney View
- Prosperity
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Shady Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spangler Factory ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spangler Factory is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Factory
- Stonewall ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
How Far From Whorley 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 Whorley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Whorley once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Whorley and extending to:
- Beckley, which is the Seat of Raleigh County, lies just to the West.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Whorley to Charleston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,119 miles [9,847.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,705 miles [7,572 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Whorley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Whorley) 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 Whorley 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 Whorley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7737, Longitude: -81.1495 In this case, the coordinates for Whorley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.381 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.108 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.842 degrees. |
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