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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 Figgs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Figgs 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 Figgs:
- 38.114931, -85.271424
- 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 Figgs
- 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 Shelby County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby County
- Since Figgs is near Spencer County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Spencer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Figgs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Figgs ...
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.
- Clay Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clay Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Village
- Elk Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elk Creek is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
- Finchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hemp Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp Ridge
- Lincoln Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Mount
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Normandy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Olive Branch is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Rivals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rivals is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivals
- Wayside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
How Far From Figgs 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 Figgs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Figgs and extending to:
- Shelbyville, which is the Seat of Shelby County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Figgs to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,271 miles [10,092.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,993 miles [11,254.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Figgs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Figgs 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 Figgs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1149, Longitude: -85.2714 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.904 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.044 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.526 degrees. |
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