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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 Crayne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crayne 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 Crayne:
- 37.270607, -88.082522
- 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 Crayne
- 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 Crittenden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
- Since Crayne is near Caldwell County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Crayne
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crayne ...
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.
- Bakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bakers is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Flat Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Frances
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frances is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frances
- Marion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mexico is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Piney Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
- Tribune
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tribune is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
- View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- View is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
How Far From Crayne 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 Crayne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crayne and extending to:
- Marion, which is the Seat of Crittenden County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Crayne to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 610 miles [981.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,148 miles [11,503.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,025 miles [8,087 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- Crayne) 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 Crayne 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 Crayne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2706, Longitude: -88.0825 In this case, the coordinates for Crayne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.935 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.995 degrees. |
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