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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 Langley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langley 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 Langley:
    • 37.531765, -82.790716
    • 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 Langley
  • 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 Floyd County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
    • Since Langley is near Knott County and also Magoffin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knott County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin 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 Langley

Communities Also Named Langley ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Langley.

There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Langley.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Magoffin County
      • Although located in Magoffin County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Langley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pike County
      • This Langley is located in Pike County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Langley.
    • British Columbia
      • This Langley lies 2,126 miles [3,421.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
    • Illinois
      • Bureau County
      • This Langley is located in Bureau County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the northwest of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Langley.
    • Kansas
      • Ellis 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 Langley [Ellis County].
      • Ellsworth County
      • This Langley is located in Ellsworth County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the west of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellsworth County community of Langley.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Langley [Attala County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt County
      • This Langley is located in Pitt County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Langley.
    • Oklahoma
      • Mayes County
      • This Langley is located in Mayes County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<1> to the west of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mayes County community of Langley.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Langley is located in Aiken County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<1> to the south of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Langley.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Langley is located in Fairfax County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Langley.
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Langley is located in Island County and lies 2,107 miles [3,390.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Langley that is located in Floyd County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Langley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Langley ...

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.

  • Blue Moon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
  • Dana
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Dana is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
  • Drift
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Drift is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drift
  • Eastern
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Eastern is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern
  • Hippo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hippo is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hippo
  • Hueysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hunter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunter is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
  • Martin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Maytown is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
  • Midas
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Midas is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
  • Minnie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Minnie is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnie
  • Porter Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Porter Junction is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Junction
  • Printer
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Printer is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Printer
  • Pyramid
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pyramid is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyramid

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

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

  • Prestonsburg, which is the Seat of Floyd County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Langley to Prestonsburg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 122 miles [196.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,198 miles [9,974.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,912 miles [11,123.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,787 miles [7,703.9 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- Langley) 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 Langley 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 Langley, 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 Langley 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 Langley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5318, Longitude: -82.7907       In this case, the coordinates for Langley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.374 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.208 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.614 degrees.