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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 Hite, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hite 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 Hite:
- 37.557043, -82.753492
- 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 Hite
- 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Since Hite is near Knott County and also Pike 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 Pike 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 Hite
Communities Also Named Hite ...
We found five communities that are also named Hite.
Within Kentucky, the name Hite is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- This Hite is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hite that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Hite.
- Tennessee
- Davidson County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hite [Davidson County].
- Utah
- Garfield County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hite [Garfield County].
- Washington
- Spokane County
- This Hite is located in Spokane County and lies 1,892 miles [3,044.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hite that is located in Floyd County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Hite.
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hite [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hite ...
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.
- Allen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <4>
- Blue Moon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Dana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Drift
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Drift is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift
- Eastern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eastern is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern
- Hunter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Martin
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maytown is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Midas
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Midas is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
- Minnie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Minnie is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
- Printer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Printer is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printer
- Watergap
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Watergap is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergap
How Far From Hite 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 Hite to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hite and extending to:
- Prestonsburg, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 123 miles [197.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hite to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 323 miles [519.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Hite 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Hite 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 Hite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5570, Longitude: -82.7535 In this case, the coordinates for Hite have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.351 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.185 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.591 degrees. |
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