Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Jessietown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jessietown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Jessietown

• 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 Jessietown:
  • 37.480898, -85.324962
  • 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 Jessietown

• 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Since Jessietown is near Taylor County and also Larue County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Larue 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 Jessietown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jessietown ...

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.

• Badger
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Badger is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
• Belltown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Belltown is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
• Calvary
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
• Elk Horn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Elk Horn is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Horn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Horn <1>
• Frogtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Frogtown is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
• Gleanings
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gleanings is located in Larue County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleanings
• Hibernia
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Hibernia is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
• Mac
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mac is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mac
• Mannsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mannsville is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsville
• Maple
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Maple is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple
• Peck Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Peck Ford is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
• Willowtown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Willowtown is located in Taylor County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowtown

How Far From Jessietown 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 Jessietown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jessietown and extending to:

• Lebanon, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Jessietown to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 460 miles [740.3 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 18 days and walking would take 27 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,023 miles [11,302.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,898 miles [7,882.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'