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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 Blue Level, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Level 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 Blue Level:
- 36.977542, -86.541104
- 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 Blue Level
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Blue Level is near Logan County and also Butler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler 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 Blue Level
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Level ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Buffalo Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Fork is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Fork
- Greencastle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Indian Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Hills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lost River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost River is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Rich Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rich Pond is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Pond
- Rockfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Rockland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Three Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Three Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Springs
How Far From Blue Level 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 Blue Level to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blue Level and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the East.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Level to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 534 miles [859.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,097 miles [11,421.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,972 miles [8,001.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Level) 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 Blue Level 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 Blue Level. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9775, Longitude: -86.5411 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Level have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.674 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.767 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.385 degrees. |
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