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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 Cross Road, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cross Road 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 Cross Road:
    • 37.013387, -88.092247
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cross Road
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cross Road ...

We found five communities that share the name Cross Road.

Within Kentucky, the name Cross Road is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Cross Road [Caldwell Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Surry 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 North Carolina community of Cross Road [Surry County].
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Clinton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cross Road.
    • Quebec
      • This Cross Road lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Cross Road that is located in Lyon County.
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • This Cross Road is located in Red River County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Cross Road that is located in Lyon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Cross Road.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cross Road ...

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.

  • Commerce Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commerce Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Landing
    • Commerce Landing is located in Lyon County
  • Confederate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Confederate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate
    • Confederate is located in Lyon County
  • Eden Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Bay
    • Eden Bay is located in Lyon County
  • Grand Rivers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rivers
    • Grand Rivers is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Rivers <5>
  • Greenacres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenacres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
    • Greenacres is located in Lyon County
  • Indian Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Indian Hills is located in Lyon County
  • Paradise Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
    • Paradise Hills is located in Lyon County
  • Twin Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Twin Lakes is located in Livingston County
  • Wildwood Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
    • Wildwood Hills is located in Lyon County

How Far From Cross Road to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cross Road to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Eddyville, which is the Seat of Lyon County, lies just to the North.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Cross Road to Frankfort, with an average speed<6>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 615 miles [989.7 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,160 miles [11,522.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cross Road. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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 Cross Road 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 Cross Road, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Road) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cross Road. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0134, Longitude: -88.0922       In this case, the coordinates for Cross Road have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Cross Road to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.651 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.895 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.06 degrees.




 

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