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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 Flagg Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flagg Spring 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 Flagg Spring:
- 38.885873, -84.264014
- 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 Flagg Spring
- 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 Campbell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Campbell County
- Since Flagg Spring is near Pendleton County and also Clermont County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pendleton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clermont 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 Flagg Spring
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flagg Spring ...
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.
- Beagle
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Beagle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- California
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Carthage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Mentor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mentor is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Moscow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peach Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Persimmon Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Persimmon Grove is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon Grove
- Point Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Flagg Spring to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flagg Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Flagg Spring and extending to:
- Alexandria, which is the Seat of Campbell County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Flagg Spring to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 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 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,793 miles [7,713.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Flagg Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Flagg Spring 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 Flagg Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8859, Longitude: -84.2640 In this case, the coordinates for Flagg Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.277 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.437 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.856 degrees. |
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