Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Crown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Crown
- 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 Crown:
- 37.149821, -82.841271
- 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 Crown
- 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Since Crown is near Knott County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Knott County
- eBird sighting report for Wise 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Crown ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Crown.
Within Kentucky, the name Crown is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Crown is located in Logan County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Crown that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Crown.
- Monongalia County
- This Crown is located in Monongalia County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the northeast of the Crown that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Crown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown ...
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.
- Bellcraft
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
- Bottom Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bottom Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottom Fork
- Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County
- Craftsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craftsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Day
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Hot Spot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Ice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Jeremiah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jeremiah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Jeremiah is located in Letcher County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jeremiah <5>
- Kingdom Come
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom Come have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Come
- Kingdom Come is located in Letcher County
- Little Colly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Colly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Colly
- Little Colly is located in Letcher County
- Lucastown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Marshal Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshal Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshal Branch
- Marshal Branch is located in Letcher County
- Millstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Polly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
How Far From Crown 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 Crown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crown and extending to:
- Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Crown to Frankfort, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,930 miles [11,152.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,805 miles [7,732.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Crown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Crown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1498, Longitude: -82.8413 In this case, the coordinates for Crown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Crown 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. |
| <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 Crown 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 311.405 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.188 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.749 degrees. |