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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 Water Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Water Estates 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 Water Estates:
- 36.891441, -87.978355
- 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 Water Estates
- 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 Trigg County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trigg County
- Since Blue Water Estates is near Lyon County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Water Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Water Estates ...
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.
- Black Hawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Hawk is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Cedar Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Point is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Commerce Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce Landing is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Landing
- Confederate
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Confederate is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate
- Golden Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenacres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenacres is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Maple Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Paradise Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Paradise Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Rockcastle
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockcastle is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcastle
- Rockcastle Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockcastle Shores is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcastle Shores
- Wildwood Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
How Far From Blue Water Estates 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 Blue Water Estates 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 Water Estates and extending to:
- Cadiz, which is the Seat of Trigg County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Water Estates to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 611 miles [983.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,161 miles [11,524.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,037 miles [8,106.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blue Water Estates) 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 Water Estates 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 Water Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8914, Longitude: -87.9784 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Water Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.574 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.038 degrees. |
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