Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Joppa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Joppa and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Joppa
- 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 Joppa:
- 37.051731, -85.242182
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Joppa
- 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 Adair County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Adair County
- Since Joppa is near Russell County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Russell County
- eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Joppa ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Joppa.
Within Kentucky, the name Joppa is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Chowan County
- This Joppa is located in Chowan County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the east of the Joppa that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chowan County community of Joppa.
- Orange 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 Joppa [Orange County].
- Ohio
- Erie County
- This Joppa is located in Erie County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Joppa that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Joppa.
- Meigs County
- This Joppa is located in Meigs County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the northeast of the Joppa that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Joppa.
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- This Joppa is located in Grainger County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Joppa that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Joppa.
- White County
- This Joppa is located in White County and lies 87 miles [140 km] to the south southwest of the Joppa that is located in Adair County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Joppa.
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Joppa ...
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.
- Chance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Chance is located in Adair County
- Christine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Fairplay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
- Fairplay is located in Adair County
- Flatwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Gadberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadberry
- Gadberry is located in Adair County
- Garlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Glens Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens Fork
- Glens Fork is located in Adair County
- Inroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Purdy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Royville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Joppa 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 Joppa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Joppa and extending to:
- Columbia, which is the Seat of Adair County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Joppa to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 464 miles [746.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,038 miles [11,326.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,913 miles [7,906.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Joppa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Joppa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0517, Longitude: -85.2422 In this case, the coordinates for Joppa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Joppa 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Joppa to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.87 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.853 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.802 degrees. |