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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 Levee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Levee 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 Levee:
- 37.971067, -83.935207
- 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 Levee
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Levee is near Clark County and also Powell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clark County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Powell 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 Levee
Communities Also Named Levee ...
We found three communities that are also named Levee.
Within Kentucky, the name Levee is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kern County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Levee [Kern County].
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Levee.
- Wisconsin
- Columbia 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 Wisconsin community of Levee [Columbia County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Levee ...
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.
- Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chestnut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Clay City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grassy Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hedges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hedges is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
- Howards Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Howards Mill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
- Judy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Judy is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judy
- Kiddville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Oak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Lucky Stop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lucky Stop is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Stop
- Means
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Means is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
- Paint Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Piggville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pilot View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pilot View is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot View
- Pine Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rabbit Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Rightangle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Trimble
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Walkers Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walkers Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing
- Waltersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
How Far From Levee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Levee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Levee and extending to:
- Mount Sterling, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<4> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Levee to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 378 miles [608.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,224 miles [10,016.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,818 miles [7,753.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Levee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Levee 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Levee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Levee 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 Levee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9711, Longitude: -83.9352 In this case, the coordinates for Levee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.074 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.072 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.979 degrees. |
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