Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Athol, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Athol and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Athol
- 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 Athol:
- 37.552588, -83.562687
- 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 Athol
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Athol is near Breathitt County and also Owsley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- eBird sighting report for Owsley 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 Athol ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Athol.
Within Kentucky, the name Athol is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Bates County
- This Athol is located in Bates County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the west of the Athol that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Athol.
- Jackson County
- This Athol is located in Jackson County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km] to the west northwest of the Athol that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Athol.
- New York
- Nova Scotia
- This Athol lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Athol that is located in Lee County.
- Ontario
- This Athol lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Athol that is located in Lee County.
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Athol ...
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.
- Bethany
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Chestnut Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Chestnut Gap is located in Owsley County
- Cowcreek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Fivemile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Frozen Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frozen Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Jetts Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Lone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone
- Lone is located in Lee County
- Lower Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Buffalo
- Lower Buffalo is located in Lee County
- Mary
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Shoulderblade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoulderblade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Stay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Turkey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - War Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Widecreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Wolverine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
- Turkey
How Far From Athol to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Athol to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Athol and extending to:
- Beattyville, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Athol 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 5 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 365 miles [587.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Athol. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Athol 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 from Point A (ie- Athol) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Athol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5526, Longitude: -83.5627 In this case, the coordinates for Athol have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Athol to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.844 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.749 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.939 degrees. |