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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 Dice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dice 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 Dice:
- 37.362872, -83.227397
- 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 Dice
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Dice is near Breathitt County and also Knott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knott 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 Dice
Communities Also Named Dice ...
We found three communities that are also named Dice.
Within Kentucky, the name Dice is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Newton 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 Dice [Newton County].
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- This Dice is located in Saginaw County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the north of the Dice that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Dice.
- Pennsylvania
- Union County
- This Dice is located in Union County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Dice that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Dice.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dice ...
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.
- Airport Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Airport Gardens is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Gardens
- Busy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Butterfly
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Combs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Dunraven
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunraven is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
- Dwarf
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dwarf is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwarf
- Hardburly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardburly
- Hardshell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell
- Hazard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Krypton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
- Manuel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manuel is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel
- Ned
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ned is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ned
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Noble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Noble is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Stacy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Stacy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
- Typo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Typo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo
- Walkertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walkertown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
How Far From Dice to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dice and extending to:
- Hazard, which is the Seat of Perry County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Dice 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 352 miles [566.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,813 miles [7,745.8 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 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 Dice 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dice) 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 Dice 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 Dice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3629, Longitude: -83.2274 In this case, the coordinates for Dice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.639 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.487 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.85 degrees. |
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