Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Greear:
  • 37.877310, -83.297956
  • 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 Greear

• 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
  • Since Greear is near Wolfe County and also Magoffin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Greear

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greear ...

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.

• Bear Wallow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
• Bonny
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonny is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny
• Gordon Ford
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gordon Ford is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Ford
• Grassy Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
• Index
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Index is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
• Jones Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jones Creek is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
• Liberty Road
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
• Licking River
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Licking River is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Licking River
• Neal Valley
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Neal Valley is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Valley
• Panama
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Panama is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
• Right Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Right Fork is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Fork
• Stacy Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stacy Fork is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Fork
• Straight Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
• Woodsbend
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodsbend is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsbend

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

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

• West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Greear 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 346 miles [556.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,203 miles [9,982.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,794 miles [7,715.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'