Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Lower Burning Fork, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Burning Fork and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lower Burning Fork

• 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 Lower Burning Fork:
  • 37.746069, -83.059838
  • 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 Lower Burning Fork

• 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 Magoffin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Magoffin County
  • Since Lower Burning Fork is near Johnson County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Morgan 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 Lower Burning Fork

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Burning Fork ...

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.

• Burning Fork
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Burning Fork is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Fork
• Dixie
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Dixie is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Elsie
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elsie is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
• Falcon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Falcon is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
• Gullett
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Gullett is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gullett
• Lakeville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lakeville is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
• Lickburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lickburg is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickburg
• Mashfork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mashfork is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashfork
• Mason
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Mason is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
• Stringtown
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Stringtown is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
• Sublett
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sublett is located in Magoffin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett

How Far From Lower Burning Fork 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 Lower Burning Fork to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lower Burning Fork and extending to:

• Salyersville, which is the Seat of Magoffin County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lower Burning Fork to Frankfort, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 335 miles [539.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,199 miles [9,976.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,790 miles [7,708.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'