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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 Kragon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kragon 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 Kragon:
- 37.508418, -83.341759
- 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 Kragon
- 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 Breathitt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breathitt County
- Since Kragon is near Perry County and also Wolfe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wolfe 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 Kragon
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kragon ...
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.
- Clayhole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayhole
- Copland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Copland is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copland
- Hardshell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Keck is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keck
- Little
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little
- Lost Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Panhandle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Panhandle is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panhandle
- Press
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Press is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Press
- Quicksand
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shoulderblade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shoulderblade is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulderblade
- Wolverine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kragon 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 Kragon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kragon and extending to:
- Jackson, which is the Seat of Breathitt County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kragon to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 355 miles [571.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,937 miles [11,164 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,812 miles [7,744.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Kragon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Kragon 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 Kragon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5084, Longitude: -83.3418 In this case, the coordinates for Kragon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.709 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.588 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.857 degrees. |
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