Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cranetown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cranetown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cranetown

• 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 Cranetown:
  • 38.277296, -84.530775
  • 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 Cranetown

• 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
  • Since Cranetown is near Harrison County and also Bourbon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bourbon 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 Cranetown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranetown ...

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.

• Clabber Bottom
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clabber Bottom is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clabber Bottom
• Double Culvert
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Double Culvert is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Culvert
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <1>
• Great Crossing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Great Crossing is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Crossing
• Indian Hills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Indian Hills is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Leesburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Leesburg is located in Harrison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
• Mallard Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mallard Point is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
• Muddy Ford
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Muddy Ford is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Ford
• Rogers Gap
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Rogers Gap is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Gap
• Skinnersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Skinnersburg is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersburg
• Turkey Foot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Turkey Foot is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cranetown and extending to:

• Georgetown, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Cranetown to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,234 miles [10,032.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'