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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 Chiles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chiles 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 Chiles:
- 37.113666, -88.749221
- 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 Chiles
- 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 McCracken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken County
- Since Chiles is near Massac County and also Ballard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Massac County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard 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 Chiles
Communities Also Named Chiles ...
We found three communities that are also named Chiles.
Within Kentucky, the name Chiles is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Napa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Chiles [Napa County].
- Yolo 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 California community of Chiles [Yolo County].
- Kansas
- Miami County
- This Chiles is located in Miami County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Chiles that is located in McCracken County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Chiles.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chiles ...
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.
- Cecil
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Future City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Grahamville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grahamville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahamville
- High Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- High Point is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Joppa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Littleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Littleville is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Lone Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Ragland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ragland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Round Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Round Knob is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Knob
How Far From Chiles 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 community such as Chiles to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chiles and extending to:
- Paducah, which is the Seat of McCracken County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Chiles to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 648 miles [1,042.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,183 miles [11,559.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,060 miles [8,143.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chiles 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chiles) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Chiles 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 Chiles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1137, Longitude: -88.7492 In this case, the coordinates for Chiles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.073 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.395 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.33 degrees. |
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