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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 Loving, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loving 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 Loving:
    • 37.020321, -86.291098
    • 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 Loving
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Loving is near Edmonson County and also Barren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Edmonson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Barren 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 Loving

Communities Also Named Loving ...

We found five communities that are also named Loving.

Within Kentucky, the name Loving is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This Loving is located in Fannin County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Loving that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Loving.
    • New Mexico
      • Eddy County
      • This Loving is located in Eddy County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Loving that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eddy County community of Loving.
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne 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 North Carolina community of Loving [Wayne County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Le Flore County
      • This Loving is located in Le Flore County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Loving that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Loving.
    • Texas
      • Young County
      • This Loving is located in Young County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Loving that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Loving.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loving ...

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.

  • Claypool
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Claypool is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
  • Green Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Green Hill is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hardcastle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hardcastle is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardcastle
  • Hays
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hays is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
  • Hydro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hydro is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Indian Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Indian Hills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
  • Martinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Motley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Motley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
  • Nick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Nick is located in Edmonson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nick
  • Plum Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plum Springs is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
  • Polkville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Polkville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
  • Pondsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pondsville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sand Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Hill is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Sunnyside
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Three Forks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Three Forks is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
    • Tuckertown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Tuckertown is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

How Far From Loving 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 Loving to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Loving and extending to:

  • Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Loving to Bowling Green, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 519 miles [835.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,960 miles [7,982.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Loving) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Loving 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 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.
<4>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 Loving 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 Loving. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.0203, Longitude: -86.2911       In this case, the coordinates for Loving have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.52 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.595 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.265 degrees.