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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 Crittenden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crittenden 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 Crittenden:
    • 38.784564, -84.603193
    • 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 Crittenden
  • 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
    • Since Crittenden is near Kenton County and also Boone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kenton County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Boone 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 Crittenden

Communities Also Named Crittenden ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Crittenden.

Within Kentucky, the name Crittenden is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Crittenden [Pima County].
      • Santa Cruz County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Crittenden [Santa Cruz County].
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Crittenden is located in Crittenden County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<3> to the southwest of the Crittenden that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Crittenden.
    • Indiana
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Crittenden [Cass County].
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crittenden [Allen County].
      • Butler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crittenden [Butler County].
    • Missouri
      • Camden County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Crittenden [Camden County].
      • Daviess County
      • This community is historic and although located in Daviess County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Crittenden.
      • Morgan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Crittenden [Morgan County].
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Crittenden is located in Erie County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Crittenden that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Crittenden.
      • Monroe County
      • This Crittenden is located in Monroe County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km] to the northeast of the Crittenden that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Crittenden.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • This Crittenden is located in Suffolk City and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Crittenden that is located in Grant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Crittenden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crittenden ...

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.

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

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

  • Williamstown, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Crittenden to Williamstown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,213 miles [9,998.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,936 miles [11,162.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Crittenden 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.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Crittenden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Crittenden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7846, Longitude: -84.6032    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.49 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.666 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.038 degrees.