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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 Happy Top, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy Top 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 Happy Top:
- 37.826911, -83.955607
- 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 Happy Top
- 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 Powell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell County
- Since Happy Top is near Estill County and also Clark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark 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 Happy Top
Communities Also Named Happy Top ...
We found two communities that are also named Happy Top.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Happy Top.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Happy Top in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Estill County
- This Happy Top is located in Estill County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Happy Top that is located in Powell County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Happy Top.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Cumberland 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 Tennessee community of Happy Top [Cumberland County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Top ...
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.
- Clay City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Mound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Iron Mound is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mound
- Lilly's Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lilly's Ferry is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilly's Ferry
- Log Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick
- Lone Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Marbleyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marbleyard is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleyard
- Paint Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
- Piggville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piggville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piggville
- Pine Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Spout Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spout Springs is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Springs
- Waltersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
How Far From Happy Top 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 Happy Top to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Happy Top and extending to:
- Stanton, which is the Seat of Powell County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Happy Top to Frankfort, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 381 miles [613.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,950 miles [11,184.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Top) 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 Happy Top 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Happy Top 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 Happy Top. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8269, Longitude: -83.9556 In this case, the coordinates for Happy Top have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.065 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.029 degrees. |
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