Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fragrant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fragrant and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fragrant

• 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 Fragrant:
  • 37.454222, -86.169693
  • 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 Fragrant

• 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
  • Since Fragrant is near Hardin County and also Edmonson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson 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 Fragrant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fragrant ...

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.

• Big Clifty
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
• Hilltop
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilltop is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
• Horntown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Horntown is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
• Iberia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Iberia is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
• Lone Oak
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lone Oak is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
• Pearman
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pearman is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearman
• Rock Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rock Creek is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
• Royal
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Royal is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
• Snap
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Snap is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snap
• Spike
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spike is located in Grayson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spike

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fragrant and extending to:

• Leitchfield, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Fragrant to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 505 miles [812.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over 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 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,060 miles [11,362 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,936 miles [7,943.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'