Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Big Card:
  • 37.360528, -82.613889
  • 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 Big Card

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Card ...

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.

• Bear Fork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bear Fork is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Fork
• Beaver
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
• Frogtown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Frogtown is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
• Harley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Harley is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
• Indian Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Indian Creek is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
• Lower Long Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lower Long Fork is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Long Fork
• Marshall Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall Branch is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Branch
• Melvin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Melvin is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
• Penny
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Penny is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny
• Pigeon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pigeon is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
• Robinson Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
• Teaberry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Teaberry is located in Floyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry
• Turkey Pen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Turkey Pen is located in Pike County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Pen

How Far From Big Card to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Big Card to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Big Card and extending to:

• Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Big Card to Pikeville, 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 136 miles [218.9 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 320 miles [515 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'