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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 Beechburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beechburg 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 Beechburg:
- 38.446593, -83.640881
- 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 Beechburg
- 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 Fleming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
- Since Beechburg is near Lewis County and also Mason County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason 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 Beechburg
Communities Also Named Beechburg ...
We found one communities that are also named Beechburg.
Within Kentucky, the name Beechburg is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Beechburg in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Beechburg.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beechburg ...
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.
- Carpentersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpentersville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
- Craintown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foxport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Springs is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Springs
- Grassland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grassland is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Muses Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Orangeburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orangeburg is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeburg
- Pea Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pea Ridge is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Petersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Pleasureville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Poplar Plains is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Plains
How Far From Beechburg 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 Beechburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beechburg and extending to:
- Flemingsburg, which is the Seat of Fleming County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Beechburg to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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 357 miles [574.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,910 miles [11,120.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,785 miles [7,700.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Beechburg 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beechburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Beechburg 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 Beechburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4466, Longitude: -83.6409 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.891 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.933 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.709 degrees. |
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