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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 Mannington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mannington 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 Mannington:
- 37.120044, -87.487501
- 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 Mannington
- 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 Christian County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Christian County
- Since Mannington is near Hopkins County and also Muhlenberg County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Muhlenberg 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 Mannington
Communities Also Named Mannington ...
We found four communities that are also named Mannington.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Mannington.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Hopkins County
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Mannington.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Salem 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 New Jersey community of Mannington [Salem County].
- Pennsylvania
- Washington 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 Mannington [Washington County].
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- This Mannington is located in Marion County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mannington that is located in Christian County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Mannington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mannington ...
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.
- Apex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Apex is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
- Daniel Boone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Daniel Boone is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Boone
- Dawson Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Era
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Era is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Fearsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Fruit Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruit Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Hill
- Kelly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kelly is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Lakeshore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeshore is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Little Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Valley is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
- Murphy Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Murphy Ford is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
How Far From Mannington to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mannington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mannington and extending to:
- Hopkinsville, which is the Seat of Christian County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Mannington to Hopkinsville, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 161 miles [259.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 581 miles [935 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 23 days and walking would take 33 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,130 miles [11,474.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,006 miles [8,056.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Mannington 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- Mannington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mannington 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 Mannington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1200, Longitude: -87.4875 In this case, the coordinates for Mannington have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.475 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.766 degrees. |
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