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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 Lloyd, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lloyd 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 Lloyd:
- 38.620078, -82.864614
- 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 Lloyd
- 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 Lloyd is near Scioto County and also Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Scioto County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lawrence 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 Lloyd
Communities Also Named Lloyd ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Lloyd.
Within Kentucky, the name Lloyd is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- This Lloyd is located in Ashley County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Lloyd.
- Florida
- Jefferson County
- This Lloyd is located in Jefferson County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the south of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lloyd.
- Georgia
- Dooly 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 Georgia community of Lloyd [Dooly County].
- Montana
- Blaine County
- This Lloyd is located in Blaine County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Lloyd.
- Chouteau 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 Montana community of Lloyd [Chouteau County].
- Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Lloyd [Deer Lodge County].
- Nebraska
- Knox 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 Nebraska community of Lloyd [Knox County].
- New York
- Ulster County
- This Lloyd is located in Ulster County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Lloyd.
- Ohio
- Portage County
- This Lloyd is located in Portage County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Lloyd.
- Ontario
- This Lloyd lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Greenup County.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Lloyd [Tioga County].
- Texas
- Denton 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 Texas community of Lloyd [Denton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lloyd ...
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.
- Franklin Furnace
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garden City is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Grays Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grays Branch is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Branch
- Greenup
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Junior Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Junior Furnace is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior Furnace
- Limeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Limeville is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeville
- Lynn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Ohio Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ohio Furnace is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Furnace
- Oliver Station
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oliver Station is located in Greenup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver Station
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Scioto County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
How Far From Lloyd 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 Lloyd to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lloyd and extending to:
- Greenup, which is the Seat of Greenup County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Lloyd to Frankfort, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km] to the east (E). 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 6,151 miles [9,899.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,869 miles [11,054.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,745 miles [7,636.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lloyd) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Lloyd 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> | 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 Lloyd 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 Lloyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6201, Longitude: -82.8646 In this case, the coordinates for Lloyd have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.411 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.409 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.315 degrees. |
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