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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 Jeptha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jeptha 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 Jeptha:
- 37.943791, -83.100601
- 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 Jeptha
- 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 Morgan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan County
- Since Jeptha is near Magoffin County and also Elliott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Elliott 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 Jeptha
Communities Also Named Jeptha ...
We found two communities that are also named Jeptha.
Within Kentucky, the name Jeptha is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Madison County
- This Jeptha is located in Madison County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the south of the Jeptha that is located in Morgan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Jeptha.
- North Carolina
- Transylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jeptha [Transylvania County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jeptha ...
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.
- Coffee Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coffee Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Creek
- Crockett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Dingus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elkfork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork
- Grayfox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grayfox is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayfox
- Lacey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Logville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Lower Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandlick
- Moon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Relief
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Relief is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Rockhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rockhouse is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rush Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rush Branch is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Branch
- Silverhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silverhill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverhill
- Terryville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Upper Sandlick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandlick
How Far From Jeptha 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 Jeptha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jeptha and extending to:
- West Liberty, which is the Seat of Morgan County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Jeptha to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 334 miles [537.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,908 miles [11,117.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,783 miles [7,697.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Jeptha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Jeptha 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. |
| <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 Jeptha 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 Jeptha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9438, Longitude: -83.1006 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.561 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.624 degrees. |
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