Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Bracktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bracktown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Bracktown

• 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 Bracktown:
  • 38.094798, -84.562441
  • 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 Bracktown

• 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 Fayette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette County
  • Since Bracktown is near Woodford County and also Scott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott 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 Bracktown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bracktown ...

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.

• Colony
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Colony is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
• Elk Chester
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Chester is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Chester
• Elkhorn Parks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elkhorn Parks is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn Parks
• Faywood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Faywood is located in Woodford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
• Garden Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Garden Springs is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Springs
• Gardenside
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gardenside is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenside
• Holiday Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Holiday Hills is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
• Indian Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indian Hills is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Little Georgetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Georgetown is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
• Pine Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Meadows is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
• Sandersville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sandersville is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
• Twin Oaks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Twin Oaks is located in Fayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
• Zion Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Hill is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bracktown and extending to:

• Lexington, which is the Seat of Fayette County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Bracktown to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 410 miles [659.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,839 miles [7,787.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'