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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 Head of Stacy Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Head of Stacy Fork 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 Head of Stacy Fork:
- 37.817322, -83.297768
- 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 Head of Stacy Fork
- 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 Head of Stacy Fork 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 Head of Stacy Fork
Curious and Interesting Names Near Head of Stacy Fork ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Wallow is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wallow
- Daysboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daysboro is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysboro
- Gordon Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Ford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Ford
- Grassy Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harper is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Hazel Green
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Holliday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holliday is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Index
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Index is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Jones Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Lee City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Liberty Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty Road is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Road
- Murphyfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Murphyfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphyfork
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Panama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Panama is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Right Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Right Fork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Right Fork
- Road Fork
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Road Fork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Fork
- Stacy Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stacy Fork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Fork
- Straight Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Straight Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Creek
- Wheel Rim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheel Rim is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel Rim
- Wheelrim Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheelrim Fork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelrim Fork
- Woodsbend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodsbend is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsbend
How Far From Head of Stacy Fork 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 community such as Head of Stacy Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Head of Stacy Fork 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 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Head of Stacy Fork 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 347 miles [558.4 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 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,922 miles [11,139.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Head of Stacy Fork) 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 Head of Stacy Fork 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 Head of Stacy Fork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8173, Longitude: -83.2978 In this case, the coordinates for Head of Stacy Fork have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.682 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.602 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.747 degrees. |
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