Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Beefhide, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beefhide and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Beefhide

• 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 Beefhide:
  • 37.239828, -82.627378
  • 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 Beefhide

• 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
  • Since Beefhide is near Pike County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise 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 Beefhide

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beefhide ...

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.

• Bucklick
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bucklick is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
• Harley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Harley is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
• Haymond
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Haymond is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
• Hemphill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemphill is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
  • Hemphill has also been known as:
  • Jackhorn
• Jenkins
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jenkins is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <1>
• Lick Fork
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Lick Fork is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Fork
• Lower Long Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lower Long Fork is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Long Fork
• Marshall Branch
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall Branch is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Branch
• Neon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Neon is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neon
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neon <1>
• Potters Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Potters Fork is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Fork
• Turkey Pen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Turkey Pen is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pen

How Far From Beefhide 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 Beefhide to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Beefhide and extending to:

• Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beefhide to Whitesburg, with an average speed<3> 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 139 miles [223.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,205 miles [9,986 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'