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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 Amandaville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amandaville 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 Amandaville:
    • 36.896729, -85.311073
    • 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 Amandaville
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Amandaville is near Adair County and also Russell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Russell 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 Amandaville

Communities Also Named Amandaville ...

We found three communities that are also named Amandaville.

Within Kentucky, the name Amandaville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Elbert 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 Georgia community of Amandaville [Elbert County].
      • Hart County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Amandaville [Hart County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Amandaville is located in Kanawha County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Amandaville that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Amandaville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amandaville ...

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.

  • Aaron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Aaron is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aaron
  • Bow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bow is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
  • Breeding
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Breeding is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding
  • Bryan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bryan is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
  • Chance
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Chance is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
  • Creelsboro
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Creelsboro is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creelsboro
  • Fairplay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairplay is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Glens Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Glens Fork is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens Fork
  • Helm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Helm is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
  • Inroad
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Inroad is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inroad
  • Manntown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Manntown is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manntown
  • Ribbon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Ribbon is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribbon
  • Sparksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparksville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparksville

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

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

  • Burkesville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Amandaville to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 471 miles [758 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,048 miles [11,342.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,923 miles [7,922.8 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 Amandaville 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>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 Amandaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Amandaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Amandaville 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 Amandaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8967, Longitude: -85.3111       In this case, the coordinates for Amandaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.909 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.876 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.872 degrees.