Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fruit Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fruit Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fruit Hill
- 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 Fruit Hill:
- 37.004765, -87.368335
- 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 Fruit Hill
- 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 Christian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Since Fruit Hill is near Todd County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Todd County
- eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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 Fruit Hill ...
We found four communities that share the name Fruit Hill.
Within Kentucky, the name Fruit Hill is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Fruit Hill is located in Hamilton County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Fruit Hill that is located in Christian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Fruit Hill.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Fruit Hill is located in Providence County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fruit Hill that is located in Christian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Fruit Hill.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Fruit Hill [Edgefield County].
- Saluda County
- This Fruit Hill is located in Saluda County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fruit Hill that is located in Christian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saluda County community of Fruit Hill.
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fruit Hill ...
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.
- Apex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Carl
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Empire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Era
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Fearsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Honey Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Grove
- Honey Grove is located in Christian County
- Kelly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Pleasant Green Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Green Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Green Hill
- Pleasant Green Hill is located in Christian County
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Christian County
- Tabernacle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabernacle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Tabernacle is located in Todd County
How Far From Fruit Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fruit Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fruit Hill and extending to:
- Hopkinsville, which is the Seat of Christian County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fruit Hill to Hopkinsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 577 miles [928.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fruit Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fruit Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fruit Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0048, Longitude: -87.3683 In this case, the coordinates for Fruit Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Fruit Hill 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fruit Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.194 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.368 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.742 degrees. |