Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lemon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lemon and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lemon
- 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 Lemon:
- 37.581233, -87.378195
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lemon
- 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 McLean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for McLean County
- Since Lemon is near Hopkins County and also Webster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- eBird sighting report for Webster 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lemon ...
We found seven communities that share the name Lemon.
Within Kentucky, the name Lemon is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tulare 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 California community of Lemon [Tulare County].
- Ventura County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lemon [Ventura County].
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lemon ...
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.
- Curdsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Curdsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curdsville
- Curdsville is located in Daviess County
- Delaware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Glenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Jewel City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewel City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewel City
- Jewel City is located in Hopkins County
- Panther
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Poplar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Poplar Grove is located in McLean County
- Poverty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Rangers Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rangers Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rangers Landing
- Rangers Landing is located in McLean County
- Slaughters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughters
- Slaughters is located in Webster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Steamport Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steamport Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamport Landing
- Steamport Landing is located in Webster County
How Far From Lemon 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 Lemon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lemon and extending to:
- Calhoun, which is the Seat of McLean County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lemon 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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 567 miles [912.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,105 miles [11,434.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,981 miles [8,016.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lemon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 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 Lemon 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lemon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lemon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5812, Longitude: -87.3782 In this case, the coordinates for Lemon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Lemon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Lemon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.218 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.477 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.605 degrees. |