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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 Crum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crum 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 Crum:
    • 38.459800, -83.450465
    • 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 Crum
  • 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Since Crum is near Fleming County and also Rowan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fleming County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan 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 Crum

Communities Also Named Crum ...

We found three communities that are also named Crum.

Within Kentucky, the name Crum is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Tioga County
      • This Crum is located in Tioga County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Crum that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Crum.
    • Washington
      • Whitman 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 Washington community of Crum [Whitman County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne County
      • This Crum is located in Wayne County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Crum that is located in Lewis County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Crum.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crum ...

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.

  • Bald Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bald Point is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Point
  • Carpentersville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Carpentersville is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Charters
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Charters is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charters
  • Foxport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Foxport is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxport
  • Glen Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Springs is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Springs
  • Harris
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Muses Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
  • Pea Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Petersville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
  • Pleasureville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pleasureville is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasureville
  • Upper Indian Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Upper Indian Creek is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Indian Creek

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

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

  • Vanceburg, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crum to Vanceburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,182 miles [9,949 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Crum) 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 Crum 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 Crum 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 Crum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4598, Longitude: -83.4505       In this case, the coordinates for Crum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.774 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.80 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.622 degrees.