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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 Kewanee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kewanee 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 Kewanee:
- 37.443713, -82.515985
- 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 Kewanee
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Kewanee is near Floyd County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Kewanee
Communities Also Named Kewanee ...
We found six communities that are also named Kewanee.
Within Kentucky, the name Kewanee is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- This Kewanee is located in Laurens County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the south of the Kewanee that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Kewanee.
- Illinois
- Henry County
- This Kewanee is located in Henry County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Kewanee that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Kewanee.
- Kansas
- Allen 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 Kansas community of Kewanee [Allen County].
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- This Kewanee is located in Lauderdale County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kewanee that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Kewanee.
- Missouri
- New Madrid County
- This Kewanee is located in New Madrid County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the west of the Kewanee that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Kewanee.
- Nebraska
- Cherry County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Kewanee.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kewanee ...
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.
- Crooked Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Fords Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Garden Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Little Dixie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Dixie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Lower Chloe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
- Lower Greasy Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Greasy Creek
- Mayo Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Pigeon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pigeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Pikeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Red Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
- Robinson Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Titan Siding
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
How Far From Kewanee 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 Kewanee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kewanee and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kewanee to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 313 miles [503.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,191 miles [9,963.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,903 miles [11,109.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,779 miles [7,691.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kewanee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Kewanee 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kewanee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kewanee 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 Kewanee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4437, Longitude: -82.5160 In this case, the coordinates for Kewanee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.208 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.005 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.524 degrees. |
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