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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 Fuget, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fuget 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 Fuget:
- 37.889135, -82.923369
- 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 Fuget
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Fuget is near Morgan County and also Magoffin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin 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 Fuget
Communities Also Named Fuget ...
We found one communities that are also named Fuget.
Within Kentucky, the name Fuget is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Fuget in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Mississippi County
- This Fuget is located in Mississippi County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west of the Fuget that is located in Johnson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Fuget.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fuget ...
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.
- Chandlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chandlerville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlerville
- Flat Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flatgap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lacey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Lower Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lower Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandlick
- Manila
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Manila is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Oil Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oil Springs is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Redbush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Relief
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Relief is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Silverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Silverhill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
- Upper Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Upper Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandlick
How Far From Fuget 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 Fuget to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fuget and extending to:
- Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Fuget 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 326 miles [524.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fuget) 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 Fuget 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 Fuget. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8891, Longitude: -82.9234 In this case, the coordinates for Fuget have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.453 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.35 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.564 degrees. |
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