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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 Letitia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Letitia 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 Letitia:
    • 38.636744, -83.004618
    • 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 Letitia
  • 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 Greenup County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greenup County
    • Since Letitia is near Lewis County and also Scioto County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto 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 Letitia

Communities Also Named Letitia ...

We found four communities that are also named Letitia.

Within Kentucky, the name Letitia is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Kansas community of Letitia [Clark County].
      • Thomas 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 Kansas community of Letitia [Thomas County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Letitia is located in Cherokee County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Letitia that is located in Greenup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Letitia.
    • Oklahoma
      • Comanche County
      • This Letitia is located in Comanche County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Letitia that is located in Greenup County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Letitia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Letitia ...

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.

  • Dennis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dennis is located in Scioto County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Firebrick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Firebrick is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firebrick
  • Friendship
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Frost
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Frost is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Grays Branch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Grays Branch is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
  • Kirkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kirkville is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
  • Lloyd
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lloyd is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
  • Load
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Load is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Load
  • Lynn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lynn is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Oliver Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Oliver Station is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Station
  • Pond Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Pond Run is located in Scioto County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run
  • Sugar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Grove is located in Scioto County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
  • Sunshine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunshine is located in Greenup County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine

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

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

  • Greenup, which is the Seat of Greenup County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Letitia to Greenup, with an average speed<4> 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 105 miles [169 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,156 miles [9,907.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,875 miles [11,064.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,750 miles [7,644.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Letitia 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 '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- Letitia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Letitia 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 Letitia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6367, Longitude: -83.0046       In this case, the coordinates for Letitia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.497 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.509 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.371 degrees.