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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 Cyrus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cyrus 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 Cyrus:
    • 37.793703, -83.040169
    • 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 Cyrus
  • 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
    • Since Cyrus is near Johnson County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Cyrus

Communities Also Named Cyrus ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cyrus.

Within Kentucky, the name Cyrus is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Ness County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Ness County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ness County community of Cyrus.
      • Trego 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 Kansas community of Cyrus [Trego County].
    • Minnesota
      • Pope County
      • This Cyrus is located in Pope County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Cyrus that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Cyrus.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Cyrus is located in Stoddard County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<3> to the west of the Cyrus that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Cyrus.
    • Nebraska
      • Cheyenne County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Cheyenne County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Cyrus.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Cyrus is located in Onslow County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Cyrus that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Cyrus.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Cyrus is located in Venango County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Cyrus that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Cyrus.
    • Texas
      • Bosque 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 Texas community of Cyrus [Bosque County].
    • West Virginia
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Cyrus [Roane County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Cyrus is located in Wayne County and lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<3> to the northeast of the Cyrus that is located in Magoffin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Cyrus.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cyrus ...

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.

  • Burning Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Fork
  • Dixie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dixie is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Ever
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ever is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ever
  • Falcon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Falcon is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
  • Flat Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Flat Fork is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Fork
  • Grayfox
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Grayfox is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayfox
  • Lacey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lacey is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Lickburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lickburg is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickburg
  • Lower Burning Fork
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lower Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Burning Fork
  • Mashfork
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mashfork is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashfork
  • Painters Lick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Painters Lick is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painters Lick
  • Stringtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown is located in Magoffin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

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

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

  • Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cyrus to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,196 miles [9,971.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Cyrus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cyrus 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cyrus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Cyrus 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 Cyrus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7937, Longitude: -83.0402       In this case, the coordinates for Cyrus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.525 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.418 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.643 degrees.