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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 Boatwright, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boatwright 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 Boatwright:
- 36.644220, -88.123643
- 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 Boatwright
- 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 Calloway County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calloway County
- Since Boatwright is near Stewart County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Stewart County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Boatwright
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boatwright ...
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.
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Freeland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Freeland is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
- Golden Pond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Henry County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pottertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pottertown is located in Calloway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottertown
- Rushing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rushing is located in Stewart County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushing
How Far From Boatwright to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Boatwright to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Boatwright and extending to:
- Murray, which is the Seat of Calloway County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boatwright to Murray, 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 208 miles [334.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Boatwright) 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 Boatwright 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 Boatwright. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6442, Longitude: -88.1236 In this case, the coordinates for Boatwright have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.849 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.16 degrees. |
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