Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Little Slate Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Slate Creek and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Little Slate Creek

• 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 Slate Creek:
  • 38.018016, -83.741752
  • 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 Slate Creek

• 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
  • Since Little Slate Creek is near Montgomery County and also Menifee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee 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 Slate Creek

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Slate Creek ...

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.

• Chestnut Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chestnut Grove is located in Bath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
• Dog Trot
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dog Trot is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Trot
• Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hope is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
• Howards Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Howards Mill is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Mill
• Lucky Stop
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lucky Stop is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Stop
• Means
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Means is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means
• Peeled Oak
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Peeled Oak is located in Bath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Oak
• Peter Trace
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peter Trace is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Trace
• Rebelsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rebelsville is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebelsville
• Salt Lick Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Salt Lick Creek is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick Creek
• Stepstone
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stepstone is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stepstone
• Stonequarry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Stonequarry is located in Menifee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonequarry
• Upper Salt Lick
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Upper Salt Lick is located in Bath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Salt Lick
• Walkers Crossing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Walkers Crossing is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Crossing

How Far From Little Slate Creek 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 Little Slate Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Little Slate Creek and extending to:

• Owingsville, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the North.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Little Slate Creek to Frankfort, with an average speed<2> 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 about three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 367 miles [590.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'