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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 Crider, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crider 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 Crider:
- 37.157504, -87.974548
- 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 Crider
- 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 Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
- Since Crider is near Lyon County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden 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 Crider
Communities Also Named Crider ...
We found two communities that are also named Crider.
Within Kentucky, the name Crider is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Howell County
- This Crider is located in Howell County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the west of the Crider that is located in Caldwell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Crider.
- Tennessee
- Carroll 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 Tennessee community of Crider [Carroll County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crider ...
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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bakers is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
- Cedar Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Crowtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crowtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
- Eden Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eden Bay is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Bay
- Farmersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Farmersville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Flat Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Greenacres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Greenacres is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Harper Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harper Ford is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Ford
- Indian Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewistown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mexico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mexico is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Piney Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pumpkin Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pumpkin Center is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Rufus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rufus is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
How Far From Crider 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 Crider to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crider and extending to:
- Princeton, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Crider 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 606 miles [975.3 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 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crider) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crider 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 Crider 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 Crider. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1575, Longitude: -87.9745 In this case, the coordinates for Crider have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.582 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.836 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.974 degrees. |
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