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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 Beetle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beetle 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 Beetle:
- 38.195631, -82.945989
- 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 Beetle
- 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
- Since Beetle is near Elliott County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Beetle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beetle ...
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.
- Brushy Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brushy Fork is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Fork
- Cherokee Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davy Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Davy Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy Run
- Edsel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Edsel is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edsel
- Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Ibex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johns Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johns Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Run
- Leon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lick Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lick Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Little Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Little Fork is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fork
- Mount Savage
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Straight Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Straight Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
How Far From Beetle to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beetle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Beetle and extending to:
- Grayson, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Beetle to Grayson, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 322 miles [518.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,174 miles [9,936.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,891 miles [11,090 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,766 miles [7,670.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Beetle) 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 Beetle 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 Beetle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1956, Longitude: -82.9460 In this case, the coordinates for Beetle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.465 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.409 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.481 degrees. |
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