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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 Bramlett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bramlett and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bramlett:
    • 37.162005, -85.461909
    • 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 Bramlett
  • 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 Green County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
    • Since Bramlett is near Adair County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adair County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Bramlett

Communities Also Named Bramlett ...

We found three communities that are also named Bramlett.

Within Kentucky, the name Bramlett is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Mexico
      • Hidalgo County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hidalgo County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Bramlett.
      • Socorro County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bramlett [Socorro County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • 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 South Carolina community of Bramlett [Greenville County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bramlett ...

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.

  • Black Gnat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Black Gnat is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Gnat
  • Bluff Boom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bluff Boom is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Boom
  • Flatwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Flatwood is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
  • Fry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fry is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
  • Grab
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Grab is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grab
  • Gradyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Gradyville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gradyville
  • Kellyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Kellyville is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyville
  • Little Barren
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Little Barren is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
  • Milltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Milltown is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Pierce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pierce is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
  • Roachville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Roachville is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roachville
  • Romine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Romine is located in Taylor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romine
  • Weed
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Weed is located in Adair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Bramlett and extending to:

  • Greensburg, which is the Seat of Green County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Bramlett 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 473 miles [761.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,043 miles [11,334.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bramlett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bramlett 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>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 from Point A (ie- Bramlett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bramlett 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 Bramlett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1620, Longitude: -85.4619       In this case, the coordinates for Bramlett have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.008 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.027 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.868 degrees.