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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.
- 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:
- 37.078542, -85.696334
- 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 Metcalfe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Metcalfe County
- Since Knob Lick is near Green County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Green County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barren 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 ...
- Estill County
- This Knob Lick is located in Estill County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Knob Lick that is located in Metcalfe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Knob Lick.
- Lincoln 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 Kentucky community of Knob Lick [Lincoln County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Saint Francois County
- This Knob Lick is located in Saint Francois County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west of the Knob Lick that is located in Metcalfe 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.
- Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cork is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Echo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Halfway
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Halfway is located in Barren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Little Barren
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Barren is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Barren
- Node
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Node is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Node
- Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Slick Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Three Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wisdom
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wisdom is located in Metcalfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisdom
How Far From Knob Lick 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 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:
- Edmonton, which is the Seat of Metcalfe County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Knob Lick to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>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 487 miles [783.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,337 miles [10,198.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,056 miles [11,355.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,932 miles [7,937.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Knob Lick) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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. |
| <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: 37.0785, Longitude: -85.6963 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.152 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.18 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.991 degrees. |
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