Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lookout, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lookout and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lookout
- 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 Lookout:
- 37.313440, -82.466818
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lookout
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Since Lookout is near Dickenson County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dickenson County
- eBird sighting report for Letcher 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lookout ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Lookout.
Within Kentucky, the name Lookout is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Modoc County
- This Lookout is located in Modoc County and lies 2,068 miles [3,328.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Lookout that is located in Pike County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Lookout.
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Lookout.
- Idaho
- Nez Perce 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 Idaho community of Lookout [Nez Perce County].
- Shoshone 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 Idaho community of Lookout [Shoshone County].
- Indiana
- Kansas
- McPherson 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 Lookout [McPherson County].
- Smith County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Lookout.
- Louisiana
- Saint Helena Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Lookout [Saint Helena Parish].
- Saint Tammany Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lookout [Saint Tammany Parish].
- Maine
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Lookout [Luzerne County].
- Wayne 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 Pennsylvania community of Lookout [Wayne County].
- South Dakota
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lookout ...
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.
- Beaver Bottom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Bottom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bottom
- Beaver Bottom is located in Pike County
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cedarville is located in Pike County
- Daniels Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Creek
- Daniels Creek is located in Pike County
- Dry Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Federal
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Frogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Greasy Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greasy Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy Creek
- Greasy Creek is located in Pike County
- Henry Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Henry Clay is located in Pike County
- Kettlecamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettlecamp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettlecamp
- Kettlecamp is located in Pike County
- Marrowbone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County
- Road Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Road Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Road Junction
- Road Junction is located in Pike County
- Rockhouse
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Wolfpit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Lookout 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 Lookout to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lookout and extending to:
- Pikeville, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lookout to Pikeville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,782 miles [7,695.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lookout. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lookout 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lookout) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lookout. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3134, Longitude: -82.4668 In this case, the coordinates for Lookout have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Lookout, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Lookout to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.178 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.952 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.542 degrees. |