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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 Heekin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heekin 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 Heekin:
- 38.601873, -84.613208
- 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 Heekin
- 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 Grant County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Since Heekin is near Owen County and also Pendleton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Owen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pendleton 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 Heekin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Heekin ...
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.
- Dry Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Hilltop
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hilltop is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Holiday Ford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holiday Ford is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Ford
- Jonesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jonesville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Locust Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Locust Grove is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Marcus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mason
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mason is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Needmore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Owen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
How Far From Heekin 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 Heekin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Heekin and extending to:
- Williamstown, which is the Seat of Grant County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Heekin to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,944 miles [11,175.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,820 miles [7,757 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Heekin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Heekin 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 Heekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6019, Longitude: -84.6132 In this case, the coordinates for Heekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.496 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.646 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.095 degrees. |
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