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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 Cliffside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cliffside 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 Cliffside:
    • 38.1447222, -83.0677778
    • 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 Cliffside
  • 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 Elliott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
    • Since Cliffside is near Carter County and also Rowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carter County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan 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 Cliffside

Communities Also Named Cliffside ...

We found nine communities that are also named Cliffside.

There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Cliffside.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Boyd County
      • This Cliffside is located in Boyd County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Cliffside.
    • Franklin 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 Kentucky community of Cliffside [Franklin County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Cliffside lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
    • California
      • Santa Cruz 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 California community of Cliffside [Santa Cruz County].
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Cliffside is located in Otsego County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Cliffside.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Cliffside is located in Cleveland County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Cliffside.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cliffside.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This Cliffside is located in Sullivan County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Cliffside.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • This Cliffside is located in Potter County and lies 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cliffside that is located in Elliott County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Cliffside.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cliffside ...

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.

  • Beartown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beartown is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • Beetle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Beetle is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetle
  • Bell City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bell City is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
  • Bigstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bigstone is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigstone
  • Brushy Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Brushy Fork is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Fork
  • Dewdrop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Dewdrop is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewdrop
  • Green
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Green is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Ibex
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ibex is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibex
  • Little Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Fork is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fork
  • Ordinary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ordinary is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordinary
  • Sandy Hook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Stark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stark is located in Elliott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark

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

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

  • Sandy Hook, which is the Seat of Elliott County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cliffside to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,181 miles [9,947.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,898 miles [11,101.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,773 miles [7,681.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cliffside) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cliffside 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'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 Cliffside 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 Cliffside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1447, Longitude: -83.0678       In this case, the coordinates for Cliffside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.54 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.487 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.549 degrees.