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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 Binghamtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Binghamtown and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Binghamtown:
    • 36.631472, -83.721027
    • 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 Binghamtown
  • 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
    • Since Binghamtown is near Claiborne County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Claiborne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Binghamtown

Communities Also Named Binghamtown ...

We found two communities that are also named Binghamtown.

Within Kentucky, the name Binghamtown is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Binghamtown is located in Talladega County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Binghamtown that is located in Bell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Binghamtown.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Binghamtown [Chester County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Binghamtown ...

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.

  • Arthur
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Arthur is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferndale is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forge Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Forge Ridge is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Ridge
  • Fork Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fork Ridge is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Ridge
  • Premier
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Premier is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
  • Reliance
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Reliance is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
  • River View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • River View is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
  • Stony Fork Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
  • Town Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Town Creek is located in Claiborne County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek
  • Yellow Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Yellow Creek is located in Bell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Binghamtown and extending to:

  • Pineville, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Binghamtown to Pineville, with an average speed<3> 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 125 miles [201.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 396 miles [637.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,990 miles [11,249.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,866 miles [7,831.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Binghamtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Binghamtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Binghamtown 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 Binghamtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6315, Longitude: -83.7210       In this case, the coordinates for Binghamtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.934 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.719 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.268 degrees.