Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Flint, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flint and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Flint
- 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 Flint:
- 37.050928, -82.933495
- 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 Flint
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Since Flint is near Harlan County and also Perry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Harlan County
- eBird sighting report for Perry 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 Flint ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Flint.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Flint.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Gentry 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 Missouri community of Flint [Gentry County].
- McDonald County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Flint [McDonald County].
- Montana
- New York
- Oneida County
- This Flint is located in Oneida County and lies 589 miles [947.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Flint.
- Ontario County
- This Flint is located in Ontario County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km] to the northeast of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Flint.
- Ulster County
- This Flint is located in Ulster County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km] to the northeast of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Flint.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Flint lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Doddridge County
- This Flint is located in Doddridge County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doddridge County community of Flint.
- Randolph County
- This Flint is located in Randolph County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km] to the northeast of the Flint that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Flint.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flint ...
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.
- Blair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Day
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Defeated Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Defeated Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated Creek
- Defeated Creek is located in Letcher County
- Hot Spot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Ice
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Kingdom Come
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom Come have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Come
- Kingdom Come is located in Letcher County
- Kings Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Linefork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Partridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Skyline
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Turkey Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turkey Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
- Turkey Creek is located in Letcher County
How Far From Flint 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 Flint to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flint and extending to:
- Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Flint 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 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 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 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Flint. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Flint 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> | 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 Flint, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flint) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flint. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0509, Longitude: -82.9335 In this case, the coordinates for Flint have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Flint 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 311.46 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.237 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.817 degrees. |