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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 Boneyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boneyville 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 Boneyville:
- 37.505356, -84.691611
- 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 Boneyville
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Boneyville is near Boyle County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Boneyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boneyville ...
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.
- Blue Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Chicken Bristle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Gilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Halls Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jumbo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jumbo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Miracle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miracle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
- Walnut Flat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Walnut Flat is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Flat
How Far From Boneyville 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 Boneyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Boneyville and extending to:
- Stanford, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Boneyville to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 426 miles [685.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,870 miles [7,837.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Boneyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Boneyville 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 Boneyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5054, Longitude: -84.6916 In this case, the coordinates for Boneyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.537 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.536 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.44 degrees. |
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