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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 Caddo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caddo 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 Caddo:
- 38.747520, -84.244678
- 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 Caddo
- 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 Pendleton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- Since Caddo is near Bracken County and also Clermont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bracken County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont 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 Caddo
Communities Also Named Caddo ...
We found eight communities that are also named Caddo.
Within Kentucky, the name Caddo is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Caddo is located in Lawrence County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Caddo.
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- This Caddo is located in Caddo Parish and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Caddo.
- Missouri
- Webster County
- This Caddo is located in Webster County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the west of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Caddo.
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- This Caddo is located in Bryan County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Caddo.
- Texas
- Milam County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Milam County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Caddo.
- Stephens County
- This Caddo is located in Stephens County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Caddo.
- Wilson County
- This Caddo is located in Wilson County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km] to the southwest of the Caddo that is located in Pendleton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Caddo.
- Virginia
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Caddo [Pittsylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caddo ...
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.
- Bachelors Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Berlin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Berlin is located in Bracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Boston
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boston is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Butler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Four Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Four Oaks is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Oaks
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Johnsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnsville is located in Bracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meridian is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Moscow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peach Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rural
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rural is located in Clermont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Willow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Bracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Bracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Caddo 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 Caddo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caddo and extending to:
- Falmouth, which is the Seat of Pendleton County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Caddo to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 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 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,201 miles [9,979.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caddo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Caddo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Caddo 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Caddo 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 Caddo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7475, Longitude: -84.2447 In this case, the coordinates for Caddo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.266 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.404 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.888 degrees. |
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