Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hunt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunt and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hunt
- 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 Hunt:
- 37.910635, -84.160483
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hunt
- 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 Clark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Since Hunt is near Madison County and also Estill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- eBird sighting report for Estill 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hunt ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Hunt.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Hunt.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- This Hunt is located in Columbia County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Hunt.
- Johnson County
- This Hunt is located in Johnson County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km] to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Hunt.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hunt [Bienville Parish].
- Union Parish
- This Hunt is located in Union Parish and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Hunt.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New York
- Ohio
- Texas
- Hunt 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 Texas community of Hunt [Hunt County].
- Kerr County
- This Hunt is located in Kerr County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hunt that is located in Clark County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kerr County community of Hunt.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunt ...
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.
- Bon Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Clarksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Clark County
- Cotton Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Branch
- Cotton Branch is located in Clark County
- Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
- Ford is located in Clark County
- Forest Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Clark County
- Forest Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Retreat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Retreat
- Forest Retreat is located in Clark County
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Hootentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hootentown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hootentown
- Hootentown is located in Clark County
- Meadowbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Clark County
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- Pilot View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot View
- Pilot View is located in Clark County
- Providence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Clark County
- Rabbit Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbit Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
- Rightangle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rightangle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rightangle
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
- Saddlebrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddlebrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
- Saddlebrook is located in Clark County
- Victory Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victory Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Heights
- Victory Heights is located in Clark County
- Pilot View
How Far From Hunt to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hunt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hunt and extending to:
- Winchester, which is the Seat of Clark County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Hunt to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,955 miles [11,193 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,830 miles [7,773.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hunt. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Hunt 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 '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- Hunt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hunt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9106, Longitude: -84.1605 In this case, the coordinates for Hunt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Hunt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Hunt to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.213 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.223 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.094 degrees. |