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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 Cave Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring:
    • 37.649502, -86.424145
    • 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 Cave Spring
  • 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 Breckinridge County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
    • Since Cave Spring is near Grayson County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Cave Spring

Communities Also Named Cave Spring ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Cave Spring.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Cave Spring.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Logan County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Logan County and lies 65 miles [104.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Cave Spring.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Colbert County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Cave Spring.
      • Fayette 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 Alabama community of Cave Spring [Fayette County].
      • Jackson County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the south of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Cave Spring.
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Lauderdale County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the south southwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Cave Spring.
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cave Spring [Madison County].
    • Arkansas
      • Carroll County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cave Spring [Carroll County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Floyd County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Cave Spring.
    • Kansas
      • Butler 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 Kansas community of Cave Spring [Butler County].
    • Missouri
      • Greene County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Greene County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the west of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Cave Spring.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Claiborne County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Cave Spring.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Montgomery County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southwest of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Cave Spring.
    • Virginia
      • Roanoke County
      • This Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cave Spring that is located in Breckinridge County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Cave Spring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cave Spring ...

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.

  • Centerview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Centerview is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
  • Cobblers Knob
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cobblers Knob is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobblers Knob
  • Falling Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Falling Branch is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Branch
  • Falls-of-Rough
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fisher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fisher is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Glen Dean
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
  • Hickory Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Corner is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
  • Horn Back Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
  • Indian Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
  • Kingswood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Kingswood is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
  • Locust Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Locust Hill is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Hill
  • Madrid
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Madrid is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid

How Far From Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hardinsburg, which is the Seat of Breckinridge County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cave Spring to Hardinsburg, with an average speed<5> 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 92 miles [148.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 515 miles [828.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,938 miles [7,946.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Cave Spring) 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 Cave Spring 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>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 Cave Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cave Spring 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 Cave Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6495, Longitude: -86.4241       In this case, the coordinates for Cave Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.619 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.797 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.162 degrees.