Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Drowing Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Drowing Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Drowing Creek

• 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 Drowing Creek:
  • 37.717174, -84.086668
  • 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 Drowing Creek

• 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
  • Since Drowing Creek is near Madison County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Drowing Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Drowing Creek ...

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.

• Bogie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bogie is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogie
• Cedar Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Grove is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
• Crooked Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
• Fox
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Fox is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
• Little Rock
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Little Rock is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
• Pea Ridge
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
• Rice Station
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rice Station is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Station
• Sand Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sand Hill is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
• Speedwell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Speedwell is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
• Stump
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Stump is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump
• Waco
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Waco is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <1>
• Wisemantown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Drowing Creek and extending to:

• Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the East.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Drowing Creek to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'