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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 Epperson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Epperson 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 Epperson:
    • 37.025891, -88.534490
    • 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 Epperson
  • 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 McCracken County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken County
    • Since Epperson is near Livingston County and also Massac County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Massac 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 Epperson

Communities Also Named Epperson ...

We found four communities that are also named Epperson.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Epperson.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Clark County
      • This Epperson is located in Clark County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Epperson that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Epperson.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa 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 California community of Epperson [Colusa County].
    • Illinois
      • McDonough 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 Epperson [McDonough County].
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This Epperson is located in Monroe County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Epperson that is located in McCracken County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Epperson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Epperson ...

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.

  • Hardmoney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardmoney is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardmoney
  • Krebs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Krebs is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
  • Little Cypress
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Little Cypress is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
  • Littleville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Littleville is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
  • Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oaks is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
  • Possum Trot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Possum Trot is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
  • Riverview
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Riverview is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
  • Shady Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Unionville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodlawn is located in McCracken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Paducah, which is the Seat of McCracken County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Epperson to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,054 miles [8,133.6 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- Epperson) 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 Epperson 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 Epperson 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 Epperson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0259, Longitude: -88.5345       In this case, the coordinates for Epperson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.932 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.221 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.254 degrees.