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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 Lower Salt Lick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Salt Lick 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 Lower Salt Lick:
- 38.099237, -83.620878
- 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 Salt Lick
- 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 Bath County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bath County
- Since Lower Salt Lick is near Rowan County and also Menifee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rowan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Menifee 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 Salt Lick
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Salt Lick ...
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.
- Bluestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluestone is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestone
- Farmers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Hill Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hill Top is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top
- Lakeview Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Little Slate Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Slate Creek is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Slate Creek
- Needmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Needmore is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Peasticks
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks
- Polksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Polksville is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polksville
- Red Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bush is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bush
- Salt Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salt Lick Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Lick Creek is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lick Creek
- Slate Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Stonequarry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stonequarry is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonequarry
- Upper Salt Lick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Upper Salt Lick is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Salt Lick
How Far From Lower Salt Lick 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 Lower Salt Lick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lower Salt Lick and extending to:
- Owingsville, which is the Seat of Bath County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Lower Salt Lick to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 359 miles [577.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,206 miles [9,987.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,924 miles [11,143.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,799 miles [7,723.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Lower Salt Lick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lower Salt Lick 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 Lower Salt Lick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0992, Longitude: -83.6209 In this case, the coordinates for Lower Salt Lick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.88 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.869 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.804 degrees. |
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