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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 Ivel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ivel 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 Ivel:
- 37.591210, -82.668212
- 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 Ivel
- 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 Ivel is near Pike County and also Johnson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson 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 Ivel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivel ...
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 west)
- 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 <1>
- Betsy Layne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Moon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Boldman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boldman is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boldman
- Broad Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Broad Bottom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Bottom
- Bull Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Creek is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
- Dana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Emma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emma is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Harold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Printer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Printer is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printer
- Watergap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Watergap is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergap
- Wonder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wonder is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder
How Far From Ivel 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 Ivel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ivel and extending to:
- Prestonsburg, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ivel to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 318 miles [511.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,190 miles [9,961.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Ivel) 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 Ivel 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 Ivel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5912, Longitude: -82.6682 In this case, the coordinates for Ivel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.299 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.544 degrees. |
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