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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 Clay City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay City 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 Clay City:
- 37.859289, -83.918852
- 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 Clay City
- 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 Powell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Since Clay City is near Estill County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Clay City
Communities Also Named Clay City ...
We found six communities that are also named Clay City.
Within Kentucky, the name Clay City is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- This Clay City is located in Baldwin County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clay City that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Clay City.
- Illinois
- Clay County
- This Clay City is located in Clay County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clay City that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Clay City.
- Indiana
- Clay County
- This Clay City is located in Clay County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clay City that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Clay City.
- Spencer County
- This Clay City is located in Spencer County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the west of the Clay City that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Clay City.
- Missouri
- Jackson 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 Missouri community of Clay City [Jackson County].
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Clay City is located in Pierce County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clay City that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Clay City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay City ...
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.
- Happy Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Top is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Top
- Judy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Judy is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judy
- Lilly's Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lilly's Ferry is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly's Ferry
- Log Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Paint Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
- Pecks Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek
- Piggville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Ridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Spout Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spout Springs is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Waltersville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
How Far From Clay City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Clay City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clay City and extending to:
- Stanton, which is the Seat of Powell County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Clay City to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 379 miles [609.9 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,229 miles [10,024.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,947 miles [11,180.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,822 miles [7,760.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clay City) 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 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 Clay City 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 Clay City 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 Clay City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8593, Longitude: -83.9189 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.064 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.044 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.004 degrees. |
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