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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 Forkton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forkton 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 Forkton:
- 36.748421, -85.719330
- 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 Forkton
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Forkton is near Metcalfe County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren 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 Forkton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forkton ...
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.
- Cyclone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cyclone is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyclone
- Freetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Grandview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Gum Tree
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gum Tree is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Tree
- Mud Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Persimmon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Persimmon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon
- Rockbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockbridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbridge
- Sulphur Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Lick is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Lick
How Far From Forkton 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 Forkton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Forkton and extending to:
- Tompkinsville, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Forkton to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 496 miles [798.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,072 miles [11,381.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,947 miles [7,961.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Forkton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Forkton 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 Forkton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7484, Longitude: -85.7193 In this case, the coordinates for Forkton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.158 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.141 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.087 degrees. |
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