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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 Guerrant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guerrant 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 Guerrant:
- 37.506756, -83.497128
- 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 Guerrant
- 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 Breathitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- Since Guerrant is near Lee County and also Owsley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owsley 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 Guerrant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guerrant ...
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.
- Canoe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canoe is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Copland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Copland is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copland
- Cowcreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cowcreek is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowcreek
- Crockettsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crockettsville is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockettsville
- Fivemile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fivemile is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Frozen Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Jetts Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jetts Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetts Creek
- Little
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
- Lone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lone is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone
- Panhandle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panhandle is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
- Quicksand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quicksand is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quicksand
- Shoulderblade
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Stay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stay is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
- Turkey
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turkey is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- War Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- War Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War Creek
- Widecreek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Widecreek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widecreek
- Wolverine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolverine is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolverine
How Far From Guerrant 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 Guerrant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Guerrant and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Breathitt County, lies just to the East 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 Guerrant 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 363 miles [584.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Guerrant) 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 Guerrant 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 Guerrant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5068, Longitude: -83.4971 In this case, the coordinates for Guerrant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.804 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.696 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.924 degrees. |
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