Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Bluebank:
  • 38.383967, -83.654916
  • 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 Bluebank

• 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 Fleming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
  • Since Bluebank is near Boyd County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Bluebank

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bluebank ...

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.

• Carpentersville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carpentersville is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
• Craintown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Craintown is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown
• Farmville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Farmville is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
• Foxport
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Foxport is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxport
• Grassland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Grassland is located in Boyd County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
• Locust
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Locust is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
• Muses Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
• Pea Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pea Ridge is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
• Pleasureville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasureville is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
• Poplar Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Poplar Grove is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
• Poplar Plains
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Poplar Plains is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Plains
• Sunset
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sunset is located in Fleming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset

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

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

• Flemingsburg, which is the Seat of Fleming County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Bluebank to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 358 miles [576.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,194 miles [9,968.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'