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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 Fannin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fannin 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 Fannin:
- 38.068419, -83.089616
- 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 Fannin
- 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 Elliott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott County
- Since Fannin is near Morgan County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Fannin
Communities Also Named Fannin ...
We found four communities that are also named Fannin.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Fannin.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Morgan County
- This Fannin is located in Morgan County and lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fannin that is located in Elliott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fannin.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Levy 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 Florida community of Fannin [Levy County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Fannin is located in Rankin County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fannin that is located in Elliott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Fannin.
- Texas
- Goliad County
- This Fannin is located in Goliad County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fannin that is located in Elliott County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goliad County community of Fannin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fannin ...
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.
- Bell City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Bigstone
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bigstone is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigstone
- Crockett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Dewdrop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dewdrop is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewdrop
- Elkfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork
- Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Ibex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibex
- Little Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Fork is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fork
- Little Sandy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Sandy is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandy
- Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Sandy Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sarah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sarah is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Stark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stark is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Terryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Terryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
How Far From Fannin 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 Fannin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fannin and extending to:
- Sandy Hook, which is the Seat of Elliott County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fannin to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 332 miles [534.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,186 miles [9,955.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,777 miles [7,687.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Fannin) 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 Fannin 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fannin 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 Fannin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0684, Longitude: -83.0896 In this case, the coordinates for Fannin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.554 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.492 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.582 degrees. |
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