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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 Keaton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keaton 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 Keaton:
- 37.985644, -82.960166
- 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 Keaton
- 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Since Keaton is near Lawrence County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Keaton
Communities Also Named Keaton ...
We found one communities that are also named Keaton.
Within Kentucky, the name Keaton is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Keaton in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Taylor 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 Florida community of Keaton [Taylor County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keaton ...
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.
- Blaine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Flatgap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flatgap is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatgap
- Little Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Fork is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Fork
- Lost Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Lower Sandlick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandlick
- Martha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martha is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Moon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon
- Redbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Redbush is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbush
- Relief
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Relief is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Sarah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sarah is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarah
- Terryville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Terryville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
- Upper Sandlick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandlick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandlick
How Far From Keaton 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 Keaton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Keaton and extending to:
- Paintsville, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keaton to Paintsville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,775 miles [7,684.6 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 Keaton 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Keaton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Keaton 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 Keaton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9856, Longitude: -82.9602 In this case, the coordinates for Keaton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.389 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.551 degrees. |
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