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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 Durbin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Durbin 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 Durbin:
- 38.279250, -82.598214
- 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 Durbin
- 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 Boyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Boyd County
- Since Durbin is near Lawrence County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Durbin
Communities Also Named Durbin ...
We found ten communities that are also named Durbin.
Within Kentucky, the name Durbin is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Saint Johns County
- This Durbin is located in Saint Johns County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the south of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Durbin.
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- This Durbin is located in Hamilton County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the northwest of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Durbin.
- Missouri
- Wright County
- This Durbin is located in Wright County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the west of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Durbin.
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- This Durbin is located in Cass County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Durbin.
- Ohio
- Clark County
- This Durbin is located in Clark County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Durbin.
- Mercer County
- This Durbin is located in Mercer County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northwest of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Durbin.
- Oregon
- Marion County
- This Durbin is located in Marion County and lies 2,107 miles [3,390.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Durbin.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- This Durbin is located in Greene County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Durbin.
- West Virginia
- Pocahontas County
- This Durbin is located in Pocahontas County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the east of the Durbin that is located in Boyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Durbin.
- Wyoming
- Natrona 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 Wyoming community of Durbin [Natrona County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Durbin ...
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.
- Big Sandy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Big Sandy is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Bolton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Boltsfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boltsfork is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltsfork
- Buffalo Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Creek is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Creek
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Fullers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Goldie ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldie
- Greenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Meadow Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Haven is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Haven
- Mouth of Bear
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mouth of Bear is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouth of Bear
- Neal
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Neal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Savage Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Savage Branch is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Branch
- Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoals is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoals
- Sweet Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sweet Run is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Run
- Trace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trace is located in Boyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trace
How Far From Durbin 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 Durbin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Durbin and extending to:
- Catlettsburg, which is the Seat of Boyd County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Durbin to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 303 miles [487.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Durbin) 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 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 Durbin 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Durbin 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 Durbin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2792, Longitude: -82.5982 In this case, the coordinates for Durbin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.251 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.176 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.304 degrees. |
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