Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cary and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cary
- 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 Cary:
- 36.793697, -83.664361
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cary
- 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Since Cary is near Knox County and also Harlan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Knox County
- eBird sighting report for Harlan 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cary ...
We found ten communities that share the name Cary.
Within Kentucky, the name Cary is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Bleckley County
- This Cary is located in Bleckley County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the south of the Cary that is located in Bell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bleckley County community of Cary.
- Pulaski 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 Georgia community of Cary [Pulaski County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Scott County
- Although located in Scott County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Cary.
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cary ...
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.
- Blanche
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Field
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Flat Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Fourmile
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Ivy Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Kettle Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
- Kettle Island is located in Bell County
- Miracle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Old Flat Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Flat Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Flat Lick
- Old Flat Lick is located in Knox County
- Pogue
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Stoney Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
- Straight Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straight Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Straight Creek is located in Bell County
How Far From Cary 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 Cary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cary and extending to:
- Pineville, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cary to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,268 miles [10,087.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cary. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cary) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7937, Longitude: -83.6644 In this case, the coordinates for Cary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Cary 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cary to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.901 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.199 degrees. |