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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 Maples Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maples Corner 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 Maples Corner:
- 37.832936, -86.133837
- 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 Maples Corner
- 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 Meade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meade County
- Since Maples Corner is near Breckinridge County and also Hardin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Breckinridge County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin 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 Maples Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maples Corner ...
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.
- Big Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Corners is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corners
- Dyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Haysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- High Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- High Plains is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
- High Plains Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- High Plains Corner is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains Corner
- Hillgrove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillgrove is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillgrove
- Lickskillet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lickskillet is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Red Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rock Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Haven is located in Meade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Haven
- Vine Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
How Far From Maples Corner 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 Maples Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Maples Corner and extending to:
- Brandenburg, which is the Seat of Meade County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Maples Corner to Brandenburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 497 miles [799.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,042 miles [11,333 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maples Corner) 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 Maples Corner 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 Maples Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8329, Longitude: -86.1338 In this case, the coordinates for Maples Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.44 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.619 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.985 degrees. |
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