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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 Bobtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bobtown 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 Bobtown:
    • 37.217858, -84.536886
    • 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 Bobtown
  • 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 Pulaski County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pulaski County
    • Since Bobtown is near Rockcastle County and also Lincoln County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockcastle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln 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 Bobtown

Communities Also Named Bobtown ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bobtown.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Bobtown.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Madison County
      • This Bobtown is located in Madison County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Bobtown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Bobtown is located in Menard County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Bobtown.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Bobtown is located in Jackson County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Bobtown.
    • Louisiana
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Bobtown is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Bobtown.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Bobtown.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bobtown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Bobtown is located in Greene County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Bobtown.
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Bobtown is located in Franklin County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Bobtown.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Bobtown is located in Accomack County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the east of the Bobtown that is located in Pulaski County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Bobtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bobtown ...

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.

  • Bee Lick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick
  • Clarence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Clarence is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Coin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coin is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
  • Floyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Floyd is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Level Green
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Level Green is located in Rockcastle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Green
  • Mark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mark is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark
  • Plato
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Plato is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
  • Randy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Randy is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randy
  • Science Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Shopville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Shopville is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shopville
    • Sinking Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Sinking Valley is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Valley
    • Stab
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stab is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stab
    • Sugar Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Sugar Hill is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Hill
    • Valley Oak
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Valley Oak is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Oak
    • Walnut Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Pulaski County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bobtown and extending to:

  • Somerset, which is the Seat of Pulaski County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bobtown to Somerset, with an average speed<5> 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 423 miles [680.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,001 miles [11,267 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,876 miles [7,847.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bobtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bobtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bobtown 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bobtown 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 Bobtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2179, Longitude: -84.5369       In this case, the coordinates for Bobtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.439 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.382 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.453 degrees.