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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 Longacre, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longacre 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 Longacre:
    • 38.167606, -81.303444
    • 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 Longacre
  • 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 Longacre ...

We found two communities that share the name Longacre.

Within West Virginia, the name Longacre is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Beauregard Parish
      • This Longacre is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Longacre that is located in Fayette County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Longacre.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill 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 Longacre [Schuylkill County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Longacre ...

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.

  • Alloy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alloy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloy
    • Alloy is located in Fayette County
  • Boomer
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boomer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomer
    • Boomer is located in Fayette County
  • Carbondale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbondale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • Carbondale is located in Fayette County
  • Crescent
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Fayette County
  • Deep Water
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Water
    • Deep Water is located in Fayette County
  • Eagle
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
    • Eagle is located in Fayette County
  • Falls View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls View
    • Falls View is located in Fayette County
  • Gallagher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher
    • Gallagher is located in Kanawha County
  • Glen Ferris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Ferris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Ferris
    • Glen Ferris is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Ferris <4>
  • Hollygrove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollygrove
    • Hollygrove is located in Kanawha County
    • Hollygrove has also been known as:
    • Hollygrove Station
    • Hudnall
  • London
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • London is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for London <4>
  • Standard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
    • Standard is located in Kanawha County

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

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

  • Fayetteville, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longacre to Fayetteville, with an average speed<5> 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,820 miles [10,975.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Longacre. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Longacre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Longacre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1676, Longitude: -81.3034       In this case, the coordinates for Longacre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Longacre 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Longacre to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.466 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.263 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.781 degrees.









 

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