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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 Ekron, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ekron 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 Ekron:
- 37.929518, -86.177356
- 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 Ekron
- 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 Meade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
- Since Ekron is near Harrison County and also Breckinridge County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge 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 Ekron
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ekron ...
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 Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cedar Farm Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Farm Landing is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farm Landing
- Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corners is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corners
- Haysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hillgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Hughes Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hughes Landing is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Landing
- Lickskillet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lickskillet is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Maples Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Haven is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
- Tobacco Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tobacco Landing is located in Harrison County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco Landing
How Far From Ekron 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 city such as Ekron to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Ekron and extending to:
- Brandenburg, which is the Seat of Meade County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Ekron to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 498 miles [801.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ekron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Ekron 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 Ekron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9295, Longitude: -86.1774 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.469 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.666 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.979 degrees. |
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