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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 Jetson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jetson 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 Jetson:
- 37.249214, -86.531928
- 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 Jetson
- 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 Butler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Butler County
- Since Jetson is near Edmonson County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Jetson
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jetson ...
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.
- Casey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casey is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Decker
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Decker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker
- Horsemill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Horsemill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsemill
- Lee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Love
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Love is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love
- Reedyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedyville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedyville
- Roundhill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Vineyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vineyard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Welcome
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Welcome is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
How Far From Jetson 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 Jetson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Jetson and extending to:
- Morgantown, which is the Seat of Butler County, lies just to the West.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Jetson to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 528 miles [849.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Jetson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Jetson 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 Jetson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2492, Longitude: -86.5319 In this case, the coordinates for Jetson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.676 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.807 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.313 degrees. |
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