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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 Dawkins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dawkins 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 Dawkins:
- 37.790373, -82.784605
- 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 Dawkins
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Dawkins is near Floyd County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Dawkins
Communities Also Named Dawkins ...
We found four communities that are also named Dawkins.
Within Kentucky, the name Dawkins is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Macon 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 Alabama community of Dawkins [Macon County].
- Colorado
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Dawkins [Pueblo County].
- Indiana
- Allen 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 Indiana community of Dawkins [Allen County].
- South Carolina
- Fairfield County
- This Dawkins is located in Fairfield County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Dawkins that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Dawkins.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dawkins ...
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.
- Bonanza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bonanza is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Bull Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bull Creek is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Chestnut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Cliff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cliff is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Lost Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Manila
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Odds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Odds is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odds
- Oil Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Paintsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Swamp Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tutor Key
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tutor Key is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key
How Far From Dawkins 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 Dawkins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dawkins and extending to:
- Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Dawkins to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 320 miles [515 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 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,901 miles [11,106.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,776 miles [7,686.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Dawkins 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dawkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dawkins 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 Dawkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7904, Longitude: -82.7846 In this case, the coordinates for Dawkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.369 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.24 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.534 degrees. |
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