Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Yates Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yates Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Yates Crossing
- 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 Yates Crossing:
- 38.441358, -82.190295
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Yates Crossing
- 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 Cabell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cabell County
- Since Yates Crossing is near Lawrence County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Yates Crossing ...
We found one communities that share the name Yates Crossing.
Within West Virginia, the name Yates Crossing is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Yates Crossing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Yates Crossing [Oakland County].
- Michigan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yates Crossing ...
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.
- Blue Sulphur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Sulphur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Sulphur
- Blue Sulphur is located in Cabell County
- Fair Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Place
- Fair Place is located in Lawrence County (OH)
- Fudges Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fudges Creek
- Fudges Creek is located in Cabell County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fudges Creek
- From Yates Crossing to Fudges Creek
- Indian Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Meadows
- Indian Meadows is located in Cabell County
- Inez
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Lock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Martha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Pea Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Portersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Portersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portersville
- Portersville is located in Lincoln County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Portersville
- From Yates Crossing to Portersville
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- Prairietown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairietown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairietown
- Prairietown is located in Cabell County
- Riverview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Rolling Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Rolling Hills is located in Cabell County
- Salt Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Rock
- Salt Rock is located in Cabell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salt Rock <4>
- Sarah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sarah. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Sarah is located in Cabell County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sarah
- From Yates Crossing to Sarah
- Timberlake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberlake
- Timberlake is located in Cabell County
- Prairietown
How Far From Yates Crossing 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 Yates Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Yates Crossing and extending to:
- Huntington, which is the Seat of Cabell County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<5> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Yates Crossing to Huntington, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 km] to the east (E). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,723 miles [7,600.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yates Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cabell County: www.cabellcounty.org/
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Yates Crossing 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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- Yates Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yates Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4414, Longitude: -82.1903 |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Yates Crossing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.00 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.913 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.076 degrees. |