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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 Gotts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gotts 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 Gotts:
- 36.97297, -86.31467
- 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 Gotts
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Gotts is near Allen County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allen 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 Gotts
Communities Also Named Gotts ...
We found two communities that are also named Gotts.
Within Kentucky, the name Gotts is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Gotts is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gotts that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Gotts.
- Michigan
- Huron 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 Michigan community of Gotts [Huron County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gotts ...
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.
- Claypool
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Hardcastle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hardcastle is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
- Indian Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Loving
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Loving is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Motley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Motley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Plum Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Polkville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Polkville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Three Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Three Forks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
How Far From Gotts 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 Gotts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gotts and extending to:
- Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Gotts to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 522 miles [840.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,087 miles [11,405.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,963 miles [7,987.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gotts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Gotts 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Gotts 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 Gotts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9730, Longitude: -86.3147 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.533 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.604 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.288 degrees. |
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