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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Cross Road
- 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 Lyon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon County
- Since Cross Road is near Livingston County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Cross Road
Communities Also Named Cross Road ...
We found five communities that are also named Cross Road.
Within Kentucky, the name Cross Road is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located 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)
- Commerce Landing is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce Landing
- Confederate
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Confederate is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate
- Eden Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eden Bay is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Bay
- Grand Rivers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Greenacres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenacres is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Paradise Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paradise Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
- Twin Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wildwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
How Far From Cross Road to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cross Road) 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 Cross Road 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 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). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.651 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.895 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.06 degrees. |
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