Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Marcum:
  • 37.110645, -83.559635
  • 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 Marcum

• 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
  • Since Marcum is near Leslie County and also Letcher County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Leslie County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Letcher 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 Marcum

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marcum ...

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 Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Big Creek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
• Bobs Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bobs Fork is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Fork
• Creekville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Creekville is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekville
• Hector
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hector is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
• Jacks Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jacks Creek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Creek
• Jason
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jason is located in Leslie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason
• Mouth of Hector
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mouth of Hector is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouth of Hector
• Peabody
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Peabody is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
• Plank
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plank is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plank
• Red Star
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Star is located in Letcher County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Star
• Spring Creek
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Spring Creek is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek

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

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

• Manchester, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Marcum to Manchester, with an average speed<2> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 375 miles [603.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,249 miles [10,056.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'