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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 Deer Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deer Lick 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 Deer Lick:
- 37.016238, -87.034734
- 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 Deer Lick
- 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 Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
- Since Deer Lick is near Todd County and also Muhlenberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Todd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg 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 Deer Lick
Communities Also Named Deer Lick ...
We found five communities that are also named Deer Lick.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Deer Lick.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Clay County
- This Deer Lick is located in Clay County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the east of the Deer Lick that is located in Logan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Deer Lick.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Deer Lick [Cattaraugus County].
- Ohio
- Williams County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Deer Lick [Williams County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Deer Lick is located in Greene County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Deer Lick that is located in Logan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Deer Lick.
- West Virginia
- Mason 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 Deer Lick [Mason County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deer Lick ...
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.
- Diamond Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Springs is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Springs
- Dunmor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edwards
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Everett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Everett is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Henrysville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henrysville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysville
- Hollow Bill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollow Bill is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Bill
- Jason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jason is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spa is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spa
- Wolf Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Deer Lick 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 Deer Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deer Lick and extending to:
- Russellville, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Deer Lick to Russellville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 559 miles [899.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,991 miles [8,032.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deer Lick) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Deer Lick 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> | 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 Deer Lick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Deer Lick 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 Deer Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0162, Longitude: -87.0347 In this case, the coordinates for Deer Lick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.984 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.129 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.592 degrees. |
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