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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 Chicken Bristle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle:
    • 37.483731, -84.771020
    • 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 Chicken Bristle
  • 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
    • Since Chicken Bristle is near Casey County and also Boyle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Casey County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boyle 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 Chicken Bristle

Communities Also Named Chicken Bristle ...

We found one communities that are also named Chicken Bristle.

Within Kentucky, the name Chicken Bristle is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Chicken Bristle in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Douglas County
      • This Chicken Bristle is located in Douglas County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Chicken Bristle that is located in Lincoln County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Chicken Bristle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chicken Bristle ...

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.

How Far From Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Stanford, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Chicken Bristle to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 430 miles [692 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,999 miles [11,263.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,875 miles [7,845.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Chicken Bristle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Chicken Bristle 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 Chicken Bristle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4837, Longitude: -84.7710       In this case, the coordinates for Chicken Bristle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.586 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.589 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.481 degrees.