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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 Elko, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elko 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 Elko:
- 37.161715, -86.135255
- 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 Elko
- 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 Edmonson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
- Since Elko is near Barren County and also Hart County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hart 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 Elko
Communities Also Named Elko ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Elko.
Within Kentucky, the name Elko is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- This Elko is located in Madison County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Elko.
- British Columbia
- This Elko lies 1,666 miles [2,681.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- Colorado
- Saguache 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 Colorado community of Elko [Saguache County].
- Georgia
- Houston County
- This Elko is located in Houston County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Elko.
- Minnesota
- Scott County
- This Elko is located in Scott County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Elko.
- Missouri
- Putnam County
- This Elko is located in Putnam County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Elko.
- Nevada
- Elko County
- This Elko is located in Elko County and lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Elko.
- New York
- Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Elko [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
- Stokes 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 North Carolina community of Elko [Stokes County].
- Ohio
- Vinton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Vinton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Elko.
- South Carolina
- Barnwell County
- This Elko is located in Barnwell County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnwell County community of Elko.
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- This Elko is located in Henrico County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<1> to the east of the Elko that is located in Edmonson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Elko.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elko ...
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.
- Apple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Apple Grove is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Arthur
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cedar Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Spring is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Spring
- Hays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Mammoth Cave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merry Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merry Oaks is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Oaks
- Nick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nick is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nick
- Park City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pig
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pig is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pig
- Ridgedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgedale is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
- Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Straw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Straw is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straw
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Tom Johns Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tom Johns Crossing is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Johns Crossing
- Tuckertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Union City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union City is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Woodside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodside is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Elko to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elko to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elko and extending to:
- Brownsville, which is the Seat of Edmonson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Elko to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 508 miles [817.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,071 miles [11,379.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elko) 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 Elko 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 Elko, 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 Elko 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 Elko. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1617, Longitude: -86.1353 In this case, the coordinates for Elko have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.426 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.508 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.161 degrees. |
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