|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Little Dixie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Dixie 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 Little Dixie:
- 37.461490, -82.559320
- 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 Little Dixie
- 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 Pike County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Little Dixie is near Floyd County and also Knott County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Floyd County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Knott 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 Little Dixie
Communities Also Named Little Dixie ...
We found two communities that are also named Little Dixie.
Within Kentucky, the name Little Dixie is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Prairie County
- This Little Dixie is located in Prairie County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Little Dixie that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prairie County community of Little Dixie.
- California
- Kern 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 Little Dixie [Kern County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Dixie ...
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.
- Big Shoal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Big Shoal is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Shoal
- Coal Run Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Crooked Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crooked Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Fords Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Lower Chloe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lower Chloe is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Chloe
- Mayo Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Pigeon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pigeon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
- Pikeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stanley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Titan Siding
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Titan Siding is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titan Siding
How Far From Little Dixie 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 Little Dixie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Little Dixie and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Little Dixie to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,192 miles [9,965.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,904 miles [11,110.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,780 miles [7,692.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Dixie) 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 Little Dixie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Little Dixie 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 Little Dixie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4615, Longitude: -82.5593 In this case, the coordinates for Little Dixie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.234 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.037 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.537 degrees. |
|
|