Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Burning Fork:
  • 37.733426, -83.023224
  • 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 Burning Fork

• 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
  • Since Burning Fork is near Johnson County and also Floyd County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd 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 Burning Fork

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burning Fork ...

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.

• Dixie
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Dixie is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Falcon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Falcon is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
• Gullett
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Gullett is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullett
• Gypsy
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gypsy is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
• Lakeville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
• Lickburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lickburg is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickburg
• Lower Burning Fork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lower Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Burning Fork
• Marshallville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshallville is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
• Mashfork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mashfork is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashfork
• Mason
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mason is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
• Painters Lick
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painters Lick
• Riceville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Riceville is located in Johnson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
• Stringtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stringtown is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Sublett
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sublett is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett

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

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

• Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Burning Fork to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,913 miles [11,125.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,789 miles [7,707.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'