Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Nicholasville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nicholasville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Nicholasville
- 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 Nicholasville:
- 31.126572, -84.698529
- 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 Nicholasville
- 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 Miller County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Miller County
- Since Nicholasville is near Decatur County and also Seminole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Decatur County
- eBird sighting report for Seminole 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 Nicholasville ...
We found three communities that share the name Nicholasville.
There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Nicholasville.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Nicholasville in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Early County
- This Nicholasville is located in Early County and lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north of the Nicholasville that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Nicholasville.
- Walton County
- This Nicholasville is located in Walton County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Nicholasville that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Nicholasville.
- Early County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Jessamine County
- This Nicholasville is located in Jessamine County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the north of the Nicholasville that is located in Miller County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of Nicholasville.
- Kentucky
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nicholasville ...
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.
- Cooktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Enterprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Miller County
- Floydtown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Horns Cross Road ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horns Cross Road have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Cross Road
- Horns Cross Road is located in Miller County
- Iron City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Iron City is located in Seminole County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iron City <3>
- Jeterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeterville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeterville
- Jeterville is located in Miller County
- Joe Shingler ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joe Shingler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Shingler
- Joe Shingler is located in Miller County
- Spooner ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Twilight ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Nicholasville 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 Nicholasville 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<4> community of Nicholasville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Nicholasville and extending to:
- Colquitt, which is the Seat of Miller County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 182 miles [292.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Nicholasville to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 689 miles [1,108.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,266 miles [11,693.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,149 miles [8,286.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Nicholasville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nicholasville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.1266, Longitude: -84.6985 In this case, the coordinates for Nicholasville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Nicholasville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Nicholasville 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 312.289 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.353 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.997 degrees. |