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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 Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clay Village 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 Village:
- 38.192571, -85.107176
- 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 Village
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Clay Village is near Lawrence County and also Anderson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson 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 Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clay Village ...
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.
- Bagdad
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Christianburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Christianburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Elmburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elmburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmburg
- Evergreen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Figgs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Figgs is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgs
- Hemp Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hemp Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp Ridge
- Mulberry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mulberry is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Old Christianburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Christianburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Christianburg
- Olive Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Olive Branch is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Pleasureville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
How Far From Clay Village 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 community such as Clay Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Clay Village and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Clay Village to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 438 miles [704.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,858 miles [7,818.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Clay Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Village 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 Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1926, Longitude: -85.1072 In this case, the coordinates for Clay Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.802 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.938 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.432 degrees. |
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