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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 Guffie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guffie 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 Guffie:
- 37.604213, -87.254443
- 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 Guffie
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Guffie is near Daviess County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Daviess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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 Guffie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guffie ...
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.
- Elba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elba is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenville is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Handyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Handyville is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handyville
- Jewel City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Lemon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lemon is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon
- Panther
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Panther is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Poverty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Poverty is located in McLean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty
- Tuck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuck is located in Daviess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck
How Far From Guffie 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 Guffie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Guffie and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Guffie to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,099 miles [11,424.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,975 miles [8,006.5 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- Guffie) 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 Guffie 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 Guffie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6042, Longitude: -87.2544 In this case, the coordinates for Guffie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.141 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.391 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.544 degrees. |
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