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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 Calvert City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calvert City 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 Calvert City:
- 37.032281, -88.350492
- 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 Calvert City
- 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 Marshall County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall County
- Since Calvert City is near Livingston County and also Pope County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pope 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 Calvert City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Calvert City ...
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.
- Gilbertsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Rivers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hamletsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Hill Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Hill Ford is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill Ford
- Heater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heater is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heater
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Bear Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Bear Creek is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bear Creek
- Little Cypress
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Marshall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Possum Trot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Possum Trot is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Scale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Stanley Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Landing
How Far From Calvert City 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 city such as Calvert City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Calvert City and extending to:
- Benton, which is the Seat of Marshall County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Calvert City to Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 206 miles [331.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,170 miles [11,539 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Calvert City) 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 Calvert City 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 Calvert City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0323, Longitude: -88.3505 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.815 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.087 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.171 degrees. |
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