Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fillmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fillmore and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fillmore
- 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 Fillmore:
- 37.604532, -83.549631
- 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 Fillmore
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Fillmore is near Breathitt County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Fillmore ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Fillmore.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Fillmore.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Fillmore [Los Angeles County].
- Ventura County
- This Fillmore is located in Ventura County and lies 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km]<2> to the west of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Fillmore.
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Douglas County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fillmore [Douglas County].
- Montgomery County
- This Fillmore is located in Montgomery County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fillmore.
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- This Fillmore is located in Allegan County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Fillmore.
- Macomb County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Macomb County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Fillmore.
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- This Fillmore is located in Centre County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Fillmore.
- Indiana County
- This Fillmore is located in Indiana County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the northeast of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Fillmore.
- Saskatchewan
- This Fillmore lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fillmore that is located in Lee County.
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fillmore ...
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.
- Bethany
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Booth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Fivemile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Frozen Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frozen Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Grannie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Harris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - High Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- High Falls is located in Wolfe County
- Jetts Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jetts Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Lone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone
- Lone is located in Lee County
- Mary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Shoulderblade
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoulderblade have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Stay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Turkey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - War Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Widecreek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Wolverine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
- Stay
How Far From Fillmore 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 Fillmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fillmore and extending to:
- Beattyville, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fillmore to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 364 miles [585.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,226 miles [10,019.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,817 miles [7,752.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fillmore. 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Fillmore 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 '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- Fillmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fillmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6045, Longitude: -83.5496 In this case, the coordinates for Fillmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fillmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fillmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.836 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.747 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.918 degrees. |