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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 Attilla, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Attilla 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 Attilla:
- 37.503396, -85.506355
- 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 Attilla
- 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 Larue County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Larue County
- Since Attilla is near Taylor County and also Nelson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson 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 Attilla
Curious and Interesting Names Near Attilla ...
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.
- Badger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Badger is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
- Ginseng
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ginseng is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginseng
- Gleanings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gleanings is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
- Hibernia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hibernia is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Howardstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howardstown is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
- Mac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mac is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
- Maple
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
- Willowtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willowtown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown
How Far From Attilla 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 Attilla to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Attilla and extending to:
- Hodgenville, which is the Seat of Larue County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Attilla to Hodgenville, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 59 miles [95 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 469 miles [754.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,030 miles [11,313.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,905 miles [7,893.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Attilla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Attilla 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 Attilla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5034, Longitude: -85.5064 In this case, the coordinates for Attilla have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.042 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.796 degrees. |
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