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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 Job, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Job 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 Job:
- 37.917871, -82.543764
- 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 Job
- 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 Martin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Since Job is near Wayne County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Job
Communities Also Named Job ...
We found two communities that are also named Job.
Within Kentucky, the name Job is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Allegan 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 Michigan community of Job [Allegan County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- This Job is located in Randolph County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Job that is located in Martin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Job.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Job ...
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.
- Beauty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Brows Defeat
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brows Defeat is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brows Defeat
- Castle
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Castle is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Chestnut
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chestnut is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut
- Georges Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
- Greyeagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Inez
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Patrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Peach Orchard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Stepptown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stepptown is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepptown
- Stonecoal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Tomahawk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Upper Tug
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Tug is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Tug
How Far From Job 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 Job to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Job and extending to:
- Inez, which is the Seat of Martin County, lies just to the South.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Job 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 305 miles [490.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,885 miles [11,080.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,760 miles [7,660.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Job 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Job) 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 Job 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 Job. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9179, Longitude: -82.5438 In this case, the coordinates for Job have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.221 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.09 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.392 degrees. |
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