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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 Board Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Board Tree 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 Board Tree:
    • 37.538717, -82.162078
    • 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 Board Tree
  • 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 Board Tree is near Mingo County and also Buchanan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Buchanan 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 Board Tree

Communities Also Named Board Tree ...

We found one communities that are also named Board Tree.

Within Kentucky, the name Board Tree is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Board Tree in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Board Tree [Marshall County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Board Tree ...

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.

  • Arrow
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Arrow is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
  • Blackberry City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
  • Cedar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Freeburn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeburn is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburn
  • Hurricane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hurricane is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Jamboree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamboree is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamboree
  • Lynn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lynn is located in Mingo County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Majestic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Majestic is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
  • Meathouse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meathouse is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meathouse
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • New Thacker ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • New Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Thacker
    • Ransom
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ransom is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
    • Stopover
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Stopover is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
    • Thacker
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
    • Thacker Mines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Thacker Mines is located in Mingo County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker Mines
    • Vulcan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vulcan is located in Mingo County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Board Tree and extending to:

  • Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Board Tree to Pikeville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 154 miles [247.8 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,172 miles [9,932.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,884 miles [11,078.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,759 miles [7,658.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Board Tree could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Board Tree) 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 Board Tree 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 Board Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5387, Longitude: -82.1621       In this case, the coordinates for Board Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.993 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.773 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.345 degrees.