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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 Botts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Botts 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 Botts:
- 37.917780, -83.537449
- 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 Botts
- 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 Menifee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee County
- Since Botts is near Morgan County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Botts
Communities Also Named Botts ...
We found three communities that are also named Botts.
Within Kentucky, the name Botts is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Botts [Santa Rosa County].
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- This Botts is located in York County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Botts that is located in Menifee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Botts.
- Tennessee
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Botts [Scott County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Botts ...
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.
- Artville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Artville is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artville
- Back
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Back is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Back
- Big Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Woods is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Craft
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Craft is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft
- Dan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dan is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dan
- Flat Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Frenchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Top is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Korea
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Korea is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korea
- Maytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Trimble Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Trimble Bend is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble Bend
How Far From Botts 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 Botts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Botts and extending to:
- Frenchburg, which is the Seat of Menifee County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Botts 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 358 miles [576.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,928 miles [11,149.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,803 miles [7,729.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Botts 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Botts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Botts 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 Botts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9178, Longitude: -83.5374 In this case, the coordinates for Botts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.829 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.784 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.821 degrees. |
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