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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 Fleming, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fleming 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 Fleming:
    • 37.195659, -82.699046
    • 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 Fleming
  • 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
    • Since Fleming is near Pike County and also Wise County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wise 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 Fleming

Communities Also Named Fleming ...

We found eighteen communities that are also named Fleming.

Within Kentucky, the name Fleming is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Fleming [Hot Spring County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Fleming lies 2,421 miles [3,896.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
    • Colorado
      • Logan County
      • This Fleming is located in Logan County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Fleming.
    • Florida
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fleming [Clay County].
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fleming [Gwinnett County].
      • Liberty County
      • This Fleming is located in Liberty County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<2> to the south of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Fleming.
    • Indiana
      • Jackson County
      • This Fleming is located in Jackson County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Fleming.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Fleming is located in Crawford County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the west of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Fleming.
    • Michigan
      • Livingston County
      • This Fleming is located in Livingston County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<2> to the north of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Fleming.
    • Missouri
      • Ray County
      • This Fleming is located in Ray County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Fleming.
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Grant County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Fleming.
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • This Fleming is located in Cayuga County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Fleming.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Fleming [Cass County].
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Fleming is located in Washington County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fleming.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fleming [Centre County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Fleming lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
    • Texas
      • Comanche County
      • This Fleming is located in Comanche County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Fleming.
    • West Virginia
      • Wayne County
      • This Fleming is located in Wayne County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<2> to the north of the Fleming that is located in Letcher County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Fleming.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fleming ...

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.

  • Beefhide
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Beefhide is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
  • Bottom Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bottom Fork is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bottom Fork
  • Bucklick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bucklick is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
  • Craftsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Craftsville is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
  • Haymond
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Haymond is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
  • Hemphill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hemphill is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
    • Hemphill has also been known as:
    • Jackhorn
  • Jenkins
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Millstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Millstone is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
  • Neon
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Neon Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Neon Junction is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neon Junction
  • Potters Fork
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Potters Fork is located in Letcher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters Fork

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

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

  • Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fleming to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 329 miles [529.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,209 miles [9,992.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fleming, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fleming) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Fleming 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fleming 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 Fleming. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1957, Longitude: -82.6990       In this case, the coordinates for Fleming have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.319 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.096 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.675 degrees.