Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Booneville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booneville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Booneville
- 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 Booneville:
- 37.474850, -83.676947
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Booneville
- 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 Owsley County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Owsley County
- Since Booneville is near Lee County and also Breathitt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for Breathitt 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Booneville ...
We found seven communities that share the name Booneville.
Within Kentucky, the name Booneville is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- This Booneville is located in Escambia County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Booneville.
- Arkansas
- Logan County
- This Booneville is located in Logan County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Booneville.
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- This Booneville is located in Dallas County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Booneville.
- Kansas
- Booneville #
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Booneville.
- Mississippi
- Prentiss County
- This Booneville is located in Prentiss County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Booneville.
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Booneville is located in Clinton County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Booneville.
- Tennessee
- Lincoln County
- This Booneville is located in Lincoln County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Booneville that is located in Owsley County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Booneville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booneville ...
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.
- Blake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Chestnut Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Chestnut Gap is located in Owsley County
- Cowcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Jetts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Levi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Lone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone
- Lone is located in Lee County
- Lower Buffalo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Buffalo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Buffalo
- Lower Buffalo is located in Lee County
- Major
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Ricetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Stay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Sturgeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Travellers Rest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Travellers Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest
- Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
How Far From Booneville 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 city such as Booneville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Booneville and extending to:
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Booneville to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,828 miles [7,769.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Booneville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Booneville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Booneville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4749, Longitude: -83.6769 In this case, the coordinates for Booneville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Booneville 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Booneville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.914 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.817 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.01 degrees. |