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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 Jolly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jolly 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 Jolly:
    • 37.470600, -87.705288
    • 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 Jolly
  • 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 Webster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Webster County
    • Since Jolly is near Hopkins County and also Caldwell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell 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 Jolly

Communities Also Named Jolly ...

We found eight communities that are also named Jolly.

There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Jolly.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Breckinridge 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 Kentucky community of Jolly [Breckinridge County].
    • Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Jolly [Daviess County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Pike County
      • This Jolly is located in Pike County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Jolly that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Jolly.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw County
      • This Jolly is located in Chickasaw County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Jolly that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chickasaw County community of Jolly.
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Jolly is located in Newton County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<2> to the west of the Jolly that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Jolly.
    • Ohio
      • Monroe 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 Ohio community of Jolly [Monroe County].
    • South Dakota
      • Butte County
      • This Jolly is located in Butte County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Jolly that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Jolly.
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • This Jolly is located in Clay County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jolly that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Jolly.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jolly ...

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.

  • Clay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clay is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,091 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay <3>
  • Coiltown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coiltown is located in Hopkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coiltown
  • Diamond
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Free Union
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Free Union is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Union
  • Gatesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gatesville is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
  • Hearin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hearin is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearin
  • Little Zion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Little Zion is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
  • Providence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rock Spring is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring

How Far From Jolly to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jolly to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jolly and extending to:

  • Dixon, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Jolly 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 587 miles [944.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,000 miles [8,046.7 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 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 Jolly 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jolly) 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 Jolly 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 Jolly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4706, Longitude: -87.7053       In this case, the coordinates for Jolly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.422 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.696 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.778 degrees.