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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 Hazard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hazard 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 Hazard:
- 37.251350, -83.193885
- 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 Hazard
- 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 Perry County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Since Hazard is near Knott County and also Leslie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knott County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie 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 Hazard
Communities Also Named Hazard ...
We found seven communities that are also named Hazard.
Within Kentucky, the name Hazard is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hazard [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Hazard is located in Hillsborough County and lies 641 miles [1,031.6 km]<2> to the south of the Hazard that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hazard.
- Georgia
- Washington County
- This Hazard is located in Washington County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the south of the Hazard that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hazard.
- Kansas
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hazard [Decatur County].
- Nebraska
- Sherman County
- This Hazard is located in Sherman County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hazard that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Hazard.
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- This Hazard is located in Carbon County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hazard that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Hazard.
- Washington
- Spokane County
- This Hazard is located in Spokane County and lies 1,874 miles [3,015.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hazard that is located in Perry County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Hazard.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hazard ...
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.
- Acup
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Airport Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Airport Gardens is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Gardens
- Busy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Butterfly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Christopher
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Christopher is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher
- Combs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Hardburly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jeff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Typo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Typo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Typo
- Viper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Walkertown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walkertown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
- Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodland Park is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Hazard 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 city such as Hazard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hazard and extending to:
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hazard to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 353 miles [568.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,227 miles [10,021.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,816 miles [7,750.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hazard 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hazard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hazard 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 Hazard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2514, Longitude: -83.1939 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.447 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.868 degrees. |
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