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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 Lovelaceville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lovelaceville 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 Lovelaceville:
- 36.969172, -88.829485
- 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 Lovelaceville
- 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 Ballard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ballard County
- Since Lovelaceville is near Carlisle County and also McCracken County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carlisle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCracken 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 Lovelaceville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lovelaceville ...
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.
- Blandville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Chiles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chiles is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiles
- Future City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Gage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grahamville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kansas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kansas is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas
- Lone Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Magee Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Magee Springs is located in Carlisle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Springs
- Pottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wheel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wheel is located in Graves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheel
How Far From Lovelaceville 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 Lovelaceville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lovelaceville and extending to:
- Wickliffe, which is the Seat of Ballard County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Lovelaceville to Wickliffe, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 655 miles [1,054.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,193 miles [11,576 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Lovelaceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Lovelaceville 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 Lovelaceville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9692, Longitude: -88.8295 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 315.117 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.427 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.399 degrees. |
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