Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Ermine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ermine and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ermine
- 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 Ermine:
- 37.121210, -82.792104
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Ermine
- 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Since Ermine is near Wise County and also Knott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Wise County
- eBird sighting report for Knott 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Ermine ...
We found two communities that share the name Ermine.
Within Kentucky, the name Ermine is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- This Ermine lies 1,627 miles [2,618.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ermine that is located in Letcher County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ermine ...
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.
- Bellcraft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
- Bottom Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bottom Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottom Fork
- Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County
- Craftsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craftsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Crown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Flat Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Ice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Kingdom Come
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom Come have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Come
- Kingdom Come is located in Letcher County
- Lucastown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Millstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Neon Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neon Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neon Junction
- Neon Junction is located in Letcher County
- Oven Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Polly
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Ermine 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 Ermine to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ermine and extending to:
- Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ermine to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 336 miles [540.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,217 miles [10,005.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,929 miles [11,151.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,804 miles [7,731.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ermine. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ermine 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ermine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ermine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1212, Longitude: -82.7921 In this case, the coordinates for Ermine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Ermine to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.375 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.149 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.736 degrees. |