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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 Isom, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Isom 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 Isom:
- 37.187876, -82.898772
- 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 Isom
- 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Since Isom is near Knott County and also Perry 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 Perry 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 Isom
Communities Also Named Isom ...
We found four communities that are also named Isom.
Within Kentucky, the name Isom is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Brooks 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 Georgia community of Isom [Brooks County].
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Isom is located in Maury County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Isom that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Isom.
- Virginia
- Dickenson County
- This Isom is located in Dickenson County and lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the east of the Isom that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickenson County community of Isom.
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- This Isom is located in Logan County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Isom that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Isom.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Isom ...
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.
- Bath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bath is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Breeding Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breeding Creek is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding Creek
- Carbon Glow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carbon Glow is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Glow
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Hot Spot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Jeremiah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Colly
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Little Colly is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Colly
- Marshal Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marshal Branch is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshal Branch
- Middle Carr Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Middle Carr Creek is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Carr Creek
- Polly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Polly is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
- Redfox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- Spider
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spider is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider
How Far From Isom 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 Isom to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Isom and extending to:
- Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Isom to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 339 miles [545.6 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 6,218 miles [10,006.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,931 miles [11,154.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 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 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 Isom 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Isom) 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 Isom 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 Isom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1879, Longitude: -82.8988 In this case, the coordinates for Isom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.44 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.233 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.762 degrees. |
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