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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 Knob Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knob Lick and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Knob Lick:
    • 37.630083, -84.108033
    • 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 Knob Lick
  • 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 Estill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Estill County
    • Since Knob Lick is near Madison County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Knob Lick

Communities Also Named Knob Lick ...

We found three communities that are also named Knob Lick.

There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Knob Lick.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Knob Lick in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Lincoln 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 Knob Lick [Lincoln County].
    • Metcalfe County
      • This Knob Lick is located in Metcalfe County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Knob Lick that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Metcalfe County community of Knob Lick.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • This Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<2> to the west of the Knob Lick that is located in Estill County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Knob Lick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Knob Lick ...

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.

  • Bobtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bobtown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobtown
  • Crooked Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Crooked Creek is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Happy Top
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Top is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Top
  • Indian Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Spring is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring
  • Jinks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jinks is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jinks
  • Little Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Rock is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Locust Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Locust Branch is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Branch
  • Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Park is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park
  • Pea Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pea Ridge is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
  • Rice Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rice Station is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Station
  • Sinking Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sinking Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Valley
  • Speedwell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Speedwell is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
  • Wisemantown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wisemantown is located in Estill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisemantown

How Far From Knob Lick 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 Knob Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Irvine, which is the Seat of Estill County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Knob Lick to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 393 miles [632.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,247 miles [10,053.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,840 miles [7,789.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Knob Lick 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knob Lick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Knob Lick 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 Knob Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6301, Longitude: -84.1080       In this case, the coordinates for Knob Lick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.179 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.143 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.152 degrees.