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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 Ellington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellington and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ellington:
    • 36.757284, -85.423020
    • 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 Ellington
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Ellington is near Monroe County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Ellington

Communities Also Named Ellington ...

We found eight communities that are also named Ellington.

Within Kentucky, the name Ellington is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • This Ellington is located in Tolland County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ellington that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tolland County community of Ellington.
    • Illinois
      • Adams 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 Illinois community of Ellington [Adams County].
    • Iowa
      • Hancock 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 Iowa community of Ellington [Hancock County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Charles Parish
      • This Ellington is located in Saint Charles Parish and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ellington that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Charles Parish community of Ellington.
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • This Ellington is located in Tuscola County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellington that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Ellington.
    • Minnesota
      • Dodge 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 Minnesota community of Ellington [Dodge County].
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • This Ellington is located in Reynolds County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the west of the Ellington that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Reynolds County community of Ellington.
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Ellington is located in Chautauqua County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellington that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Ellington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellington ...

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.

  • Amandaville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Amandaville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
  • Bow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bow is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
  • Green Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Green Grove is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Highway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Highway is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway
  • Hobart
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hobart is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Kettle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kettle is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle
  • Leslie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Leslie is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Long Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Long Ridge is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Marrowbone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marrowbone is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
  • Martinsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Pea Ridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Willow Shade
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Shade is located in Metcalfe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Shade

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellington and extending to:

  • Burkesville, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Ellington to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,059 miles [11,360.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,934 miles [7,940.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ellington) 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 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 Ellington 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 Ellington 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 Ellington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7573, Longitude: -85.4230       In this case, the coordinates for Ellington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.975 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.932 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.957 degrees.