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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 Atchison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Atchison 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 Atchison:
- 37.307565, -85.300517
- 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 Atchison
- 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 Atchison is near Adair County and also Green 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 Green 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 Atchison
Communities Also Named Atchison ...
We found two communities that are also named Atchison.
Within Kentucky, the name Atchison is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- This Atchison is located in Atchison County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Atchison that is located in Taylor County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Atchison.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette 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 Atchison [Fayette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Atchison ...
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.
- Bass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bass is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Black Gnat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Black Gnat is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Gnat
- Elk Horn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Feathersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Feathersburg is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathersburg
- Hatcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hatcher is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatcher
- Kellyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kellyville is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
- Mannsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mannsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
- Roachville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roachville is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
- Romine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Romine is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
- Speck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Speck is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speck
How Far From Atchison 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 Atchison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Atchison and extending to:
- Campbellsville, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Atchison to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 462 miles [743.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,310 miles [10,155 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,029 miles [11,312.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Atchison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Atchison 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Atchison 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 Atchison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3076, Longitude: -85.3005 In this case, the coordinates for Atchison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.911 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.937 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.759 degrees. |
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