Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Booth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Booth and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Booth
- 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 Booth:
- 37.695919, -83.632134
- 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 Booth
- 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 Wolfe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wolfe County
- Since Booth is near Lee County and also Estill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- eBird sighting report for Estill 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 Booth ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Booth.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Booth.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- This Booth is located in Lucas County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north of the Booth that is located in Wolfe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Booth.
- Tuscarawas County
- This Booth is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the north northeast of the Booth that is located in Wolfe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Booth.
- Ontario
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Booth ...
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.
- Fixer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Grannie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Harris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - High Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- High Falls is located in Wolfe County
- Mary
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Pine Ridge is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Ridge <5>
- Rogers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Rogers is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogers <5>
- Standing Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standing Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Standing Rock is located in Lee County
- Torrent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Booth 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 Booth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Booth and extending to:
- Campton, which is the Seat of Wolfe County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Booth to Frankfort, with an average speed<6>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 366 miles [589 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,225 miles [10,018.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Booth. 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 '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- Booth) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Booth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6959, Longitude: -83.6321 In this case, the coordinates for Booth 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 Booth 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> | 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 Booth, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Booth to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.887 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.819 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.927 degrees. |