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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 Yates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yates 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 Yates:
- 39.295388, -80.024073
- 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 Yates
- 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Since Yates is near Barbour County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barbour County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Yates
Communities Also Named Yates ...
We found nineteen communities that are also named Yates.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Yates.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Cabell 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 West Virginia community of Yates [Cabell County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tallapoosa 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 Alabama community of Yates [Tallapoosa County].
- Georgia
- Coweta County
- This Yates is located in Coweta County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Yates.
- Kansas
- Ottawa 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 Yates [Ottawa County].
- Michigan
- Macomb 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 [Macomb County].
- Manistee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Yates [Manistee County].
- Oakland County
- This Yates is located in Oakland County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Yates.
- Missouri
- Randolph County
- This Yates is located in Randolph County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the west of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Yates.
- Montana
- Custer 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 Montana community of Yates [Custer County].
- Wibaux County
- This Yates is located in Wibaux County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wibaux County community of Yates.
- New Mexico
- Harding County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Yates [Harding County].
- New York
- Orleans 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 New York community of Yates [Orleans County].
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- This Yates is located in Ashe County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Yates.
- Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Yates [Rockingham County].
- Oklahoma
- Payne 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 Oklahoma community of Yates [Payne County].
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne 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 Yates [Luzerne County].
- South Dakota
- Lawrence 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 South Dakota community of Yates [Lawrence County].
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Yates [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Kimble County
- This Yates is located in Kimble County and lies 1,256 miles [2,021.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Yates that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kimble County community of Yates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yates ...
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.
- Belgium
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Belgium is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Blueville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blueville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueville
- Cecil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Cove Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Run is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Run
- Cove Run Station ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cove Run Station is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Run Station
- Elliotsville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Elliotsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliotsville
- Fox Hall ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Hall is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hall
- Hopewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Knottsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Run is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
How Far From Yates 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 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 community of Yates once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Yates and extending to:
- Grafton, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the North.
- Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Yates to Charleston, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,005 miles [9,664.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,719 miles [10,813.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,594 miles [7,393.3 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 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 Yates 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Yates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Yates 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 Yates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2954, Longitude: -80.0241 In this case, the coordinates for Yates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.656 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.509 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.847 degrees. |
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