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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 Camp Branch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Camp Branch 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 Camp Branch:
    • 37.959719, -83.837055
    • 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 Camp Branch
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Camp Branch is near Menifee County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Camp Branch

Communities Also Named Camp Branch ...

We found five communities that are also named Camp Branch.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Camp Branch.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Letcher County
      • This Camp Branch is located in Letcher County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Camp Branch that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Camp Branch.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Camp Branch is located in Shelby County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Camp Branch that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Camp Branch.
    • Missouri
      • Pettis 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 Missouri community of Camp Branch [Pettis County].
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Camp Branch is located in Florence County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Camp Branch that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Camp Branch.
      • Hampton County
      • This Camp Branch is located in Hampton County and lies 389 miles [626 km] to the south southeast of the Camp Branch that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Camp Branch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Camp Branch ...

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.

  • Chestnut Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
  • Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hope is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Judy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Judy is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judy
  • Little Slate Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek
  • Lucky Stop
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lucky Stop is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Stop
  • Means
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Means is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
  • Paint Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Paint Creek is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
  • Peter Trace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Peter Trace is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Trace
  • Rebelsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rebelsville is located in Menifee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebelsville
  • Trimble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Trimble is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
  • Walkers Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Walkers Crossing is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing

How Far From Camp Branch to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Camp Branch to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Camp Branch and extending to:

  • Mount Sterling, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Camp Branch to Mount Sterling, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 373 miles [600.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,939 miles [11,167.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Camp Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Camp Branch 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>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 Camp Branch 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 Camp Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9597, Longitude: -83.8371       In this case, the coordinates for Camp Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.013 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.001 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.939 degrees.