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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 Buttonsberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buttonsberry 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 Buttonsberry:
- 37.446713, -87.168608
- 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 Buttonsberry
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Buttonsberry is near Muhlenberg County and also Ohio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ohio 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 Buttonsberry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buttonsberry ...
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.
- Equality
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Equality is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Equality
- Island
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Livermore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn City is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn City
- Moorman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moorman is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorman
- Point Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Point Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Poplar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Smallhous
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smallhous is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallhous
How Far From Buttonsberry to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Buttonsberry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buttonsberry and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Buttonsberry to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 558 miles [898 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,978 miles [8,011.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buttonsberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Buttonsberry 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 Buttonsberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4467, Longitude: -87.1686 In this case, the coordinates for Buttonsberry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.082 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.545 degrees. |
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