Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Great Crossing:
  • 38.214518, -84.605221
  • 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 Great Crossing

• 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 Scott County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Scott County
  • Since Great Crossing is near Woodford County and also Fayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Woodford County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fayette 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 Great Crossing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Crossing ...

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.

• Clabber Bottom
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Clabber Bottom is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clabber Bottom
• Cranetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cranetown is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranetown
• Faywood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Faywood is located in Woodford County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
• Georgetown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Georgetown is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <1>
• Indian Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Indian Hills is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
• Mallard Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mallard Point is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
• Peak
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Peak is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
• Rogers Gap
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogers Gap is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Gap
• Sand Lick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Sand Lick is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lick
• Skinnersburg
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Skinnersburg is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnersburg
• Stamping Ground
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stamping Ground is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamping Ground
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
• Zion Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hill is located in Scott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Great Crossing and extending to:

• Georgetown, which is the Seat of Scott County, lies just to the East.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Great Crossing to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,240 miles [10,042.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,961 miles [11,202.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,836 miles [7,782.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'