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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 Clark Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clark Hill 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 Clark Hill:
    • 38.295081, -83.190733
    • 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 Clark Hill
  • 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 Carter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Since Clark Hill is near Elliott County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Clark Hill

Communities Also Named Clark Hill ...

We found two communities that are also named Clark Hill.

Within Kentucky, the name Clark Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Clark Hill is located in Rockingham County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clark Hill that is located in Carter County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Clark Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick 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 South Carolina community of Clark Hill [McCormick County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clark Hill ...

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.

  • Cold Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cold Springs is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Counts Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Counts Crossroads is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counts Crossroads
  • Enterprise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Enterprise is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Globe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Globe is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Limestone
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Limestone is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Mountain Top
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Top is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
  • Reeder
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Reeder is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
  • Rose Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Hill is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Shady Grove is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Silica
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silica is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
  • Smoky Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Smoky Valley is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Valley

How Far From Clark Hill 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 Clark Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Grayson, which is the Seat of Carter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Clark Hill to Grayson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 91 miles [146.5 km] to the west (W). 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 334 miles [537.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,179 miles [9,944.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,772 miles [7,679.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Clark Hill) 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 Clark Hill 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 Clark Hill 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 Clark Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2951, Longitude: -83.1907       In this case, the coordinates for Clark Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.615 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.594 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.557 degrees.