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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 Flanagan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flanagan and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Flanagan:
    • 37.933968, -84.210485
    • 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 Flanagan
  • 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
    • Since Flanagan is near Madison County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Flanagan

Communities Also Named Flanagan ...

We found two communities that are also named Flanagan.

Within Kentucky, the name Flanagan is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • This Flanagan is located in Livingston County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the northwest of the Flanagan that is located in Clark County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Flanagan.
    • Texas
      • Rusk 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 Texas community of Flanagan [Rusk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flanagan ...

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.

  • Bon Haven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bon Haven is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Haven
  • Ford
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ford is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Forest Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Forest Retreat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Retreat is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Retreat
  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklin is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Hootentown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hootentown is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hootentown
  • Hunt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunt is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Locust Grove is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Meadowbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Providence
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Providence is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Saddlebrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Saddlebrook is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
  • Victory Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Victory Heights is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights

How Far From Flanagan 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 Flanagan to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flanagan and extending to:

  • Winchester, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Flanagan to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 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 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,956 miles [11,194.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,831 miles [7,774.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flanagan) 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 Flanagan 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 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 Flanagan 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 Flanagan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9340, Longitude: -84.2105       In this case, the coordinates for Flanagan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.244 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.261 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.11 degrees.