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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 Wolf Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Run and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Wolf Run:
    • 39.907299, -80.565354
    • 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 Wolf Run
  • 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
    • Since Wolf Run is near Greene County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Wolf Run

Communities Also Named Wolf Run ...

We found three communities that are also named Wolf Run.

Within West Virginia, the name Wolf Run is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wolf Run is located in Jefferson County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wolf Run that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wolf Run.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Forest County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wolf Run [Forest County].
      • McKean County
      • This Wolf Run is located in McKean County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wolf Run that is located in Marshall County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Wolf Run.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Run ...

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.

  • Bryan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bryan is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Crabapple
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crabapple is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
  • Crows Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crows Mills is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Mills
  • Durbin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Durbin is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durbin
  • Golden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Golden is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Limestone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Limestone is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Lone Oak
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Lone Oak is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Majorsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Majorsville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majorsville
  • Rocklick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocklick is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklick
  • Sand Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Sand Hill is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Wind Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wind Ridge is located in Greene County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Ridge

How Far From Wolf Run 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 Wolf Run to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wolf Run and extending to:

  • Moundsville, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Run to Moundsville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 121 miles [194.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,718 miles [10,811.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,593 miles [7,391.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Wolf Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Wolf Run 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.
<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 Wolf Run 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 Wolf Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9073, Longitude: -80.5654       In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.962 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.949 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.871 degrees.