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 Beech Bottom:
37.370351, -84.935232
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 Beech Bottom
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 Casey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Beech Bottom.
Within Kentucky, the name Beech Bottom is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
North Carolina
Avery County
This Beech Bottom is located in Avery County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beech Bottom that is located in Casey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Avery County community of Beech Bottom.
Tennessee
Macon County
This Beech Bottom is located in Macon County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beech Bottom that is located in Casey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Beech Bottom.
West Virginia
Brooke County
This Beech Bottom is located in Brooke County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beech Bottom that is located in Casey County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Beech Bottom.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beech Bottom ...
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.
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 Beech Bottom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beech Bottom and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Beech Bottom to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 441 miles [709.7 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 25 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,011 miles [11,283.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,886 miles [7,863.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beech Bottom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Beech Bottom 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 Beech Bottom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3704, Longitude: -84.9352 In this case, the coordinates for Beech Bottom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.686 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.688 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.583 degrees.