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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 Letcher, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Letcher 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 Letcher:
- 37.145836, -82.959427
- 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 Letcher
- 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 Letcher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher County
- Since Letcher is near Knott County and also Perry 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 Perry 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 Letcher
Communities Also Named Letcher ...
We found five communities that are also named Letcher.
Within Kentucky, the name Letcher is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- This Letcher is located in Jackson County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Letcher that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Letcher.
- California
- Fresno County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Letcher [Fresno County].
- Missouri
- Macon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Letcher [Macon County].
- South Dakota
- Sanborn County
- This Letcher is located in Sanborn County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Letcher that is located in Letcher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanborn County community of Letcher.
- Virginia
- Bath County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Letcher [Bath County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Letcher ...
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.
- Breeding Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Breeding Creek is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breeding Creek
- Carbon Glow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Carbon Glow is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Glow
- Cody
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cody is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Crown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crown is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Defeated Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Defeated Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated Creek
- Flint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hot Spot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ice is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice
- Indian Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Jeremiah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom Come
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kingdom Come is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Come
- Kings Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Kodak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kodak is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
- Little Colly
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Colly is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Colly
- Marshal Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshal Branch is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshal Branch
- Middle Carr Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Middle Carr Creek is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Carr Creek
- Redfox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skyline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skyline is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Turkey Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek
How Far From Letcher to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Letcher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Letcher and extending to:
- Whitesburg, which is the Seat of Letcher County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Letcher 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 344 miles [553.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,935 miles [11,160.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,811 miles [7,742.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Letcher) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Letcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Letcher 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. |
| <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 Letcher 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 Letcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1458, Longitude: -82.9594 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.476 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.269 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.80 degrees. |
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